I have been searching for my husband's grandfather Henry Folca Crawford, who was born in 1812, in Virginia for several years. With a middle name like Folca, I presumed it would be simple. NOT. It also doesn't help that "OUR CRAWFORDS" liked to father children well into their 60's and 70's. Everyone always tells me that I am missing a generation, but the only evidence we have to support our dates, are very respectable marriage and birth certificates for Henry (1812) my husband's father Jacob Ray(1883) and of course my husband in 1946. We know one of Henry's sons served in the Civil War. Making my husband's ability to claim he had an uncle that served in the civil war......a rare statement I think. We were told Henry's family was extreme Methodists. We know that some of Henry's oldest children moved into Minnesota and Iowa. We know Henry's first wife was named Maria. We know that Henry's second wife, was named Sarah. I have always believed that if we could find Henry's father, we would be able to finish the rest. So much for the help of a rare name. Pam (still yet another)Crawford

Crawfords, Here is a good start on Crawford marriages, if anyone should desire to extract the info as most of this information are from marriage records. Wanda Info taken from The GENIE QUARTERLY, published by ARK-LA-TEX GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, of Shreveport, LA 1980-1982 Issues INDEX TO CLAIBORNE PARISH LOUISIANA MARRIAGE RECORDS J.B. Ousley---REBECCA CRAWFORD---8/14/1873---12-106 LINCOLN PARISH LOUISIANA MARRIAGE RECORDS VOL E 1894-1901 J.J. CRAWFORD---Janie Rogers---1/5/1900--pg. 358 Edgar Turner---MILLIE CRAWFORD---5/4/1910---12-213 BOOK REVIEWS WAR OF 1812 VETERANS IN TEXAS " this work encompasses 650 men who served the U.S. in the War of 1812 and who migrated to Texas or in some cases, whose heirs became citizens of THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS or of the State" Names includes: CRAWFORD. SHOVER SPRINGS CEMETERY---(near Hope, ARK 5 miles east of Hope on Hwy 32. ANDREW CRAWFORD---3/11/1905--10/2/1965 DOWIE G. CRAWFORD-----8/18/1896---9/3/1965 MARTHA CRAWWFORD---3/19//1887--3/23/1905 RITA FAYE CRAWFORD---8/17/1950--11/15/1963 1850 CENSUS ANDERSON COUNTY TEXAS HH27--SHELBY CRAWFORD, 45, FARMER, $6000, KY MARTHA 45, KY JOSEPH A., 24, KY WILLIAM T., 22, kY JOHN, 19, KY RUSSELL, 16, KY JAMES S., 12, KY ELIZA ANN, 10, MO. MARTHA JANE, 8, MO ISAAC, 4, ANDERSON CO. TX HH36---WILLIAM F. CRAWFORD, 36, FARMER $21OO GA. ALABAMA W. 36, ALA. WILLIAM H.N. 7, GA. BENETT C. CRAWFORD, 5, GA IRA N., 3, GA. MARTHA C., 1, GA Morgan Hays, 27, Overseer, N.Y. HH265--WILLIAM A. CRAWFORD, 22, farmer, $320., KY DIZARA 21, MO. MARRIAGES OF WINSTON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI 1834-1860 George N. Allison---AMANDA S. CRAWFORD---3/12/1856---book 3-pg. 270 James Barron---SARAH CRAWFORD----2/1/1848--2-237 THOMAS CRAWFORD---Elizabeth Davis---4/12/1845---2--116 WILLIAM CRAWFORD---Caroline Hawkins---11/13/1845--2-143 PETER CRAWFORD---Elizabeth Nabors---2/24/1849---2-295 James Edwards---MIP P. CRAWFORD---11/7/1838---1-112 J.R. Gaston---SUSAN CRAWFORD---6/10/1848---2-253 William C. Matthews---ELIZABETH CRAWFORD---11/25//1843--2-49 Linsey M. Nabors---ELIZA CRAWFORD---4/1/1843--2-105 Arthur Nabers---SARAH CRAWFORD---8/29/1843---2-40 SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY TEXAS MARRIAGE RECORDS PHILLIP CRAWFORD---Mary J. cronkite---8/27/1881---2-364 WILLIAM CRAWFORD----Hannah Holman---10/30/1874---2-188 WILLIAM CRAWFORD---Mary Payne---7/5/1869--2-89 Wesley Green---FANNY CRAWFORD---1/21/1873---2-140 JACKSON PARISH LOUISIANA MARRIAGE RECORDS WILLIE CRAWFORD---Nettie Bradley---3/24/1910---BK H pg. 348 Julius Parker---SUSAN E. CRAWFORD---7/21/1871--2-166 U.S. LAND GRANTS WINN PARISH LOUISIANA JAMES CRAWFORD---section 19---1859 (yr) HEMPHILL CEMETERY--Sabine County Texas EMMA MAY CRAWFORD---2/10/1905--3/25/1922 UNION PARASH, LA--INDEX TO SUCCESSION BOOK Starting ca 1837 DORA CRAWFORD---(Tutorship)--- bk A-1, pg 394 EMMA & MARY J. CRAWFORD--(Tutorship) A-1--136 H.E CRAWFORD, ET AL --(Tutorship)---A-1 396 N.S. CRAWFORD, dec'd--(Succession) A-1 396 LUCINDA CRAWFORD--(Tutorship)----Bk Q pg. 308-311 J.D. CRAWFORD, dec'd--Tutorship--- bk 11--pg. 630-634---P.D. # 1527 UNION COUNTY ARKANSAS MARRIAGES---1829-1870 WILLIAM F. CRAWFORD 27, to Angeline Evins(as spelled in bk) 18, both from Louisiana, on Nov 26, 1855 by Thomas Gray, JP (B-148) AND here is some info from THE STIRPES , Texas State Genealogy Society Quarterly 1971-72 Issues HARRISON COUNTY REPUBLIC OF TEXAS TAX ROLL FOR 1840 (State Archives in Austin) J.M. CRAWFORD DELIQUENTS-HARRISON COUNTY, TEXAS TAX LIST 1840 J. CRAWFORD. Wanda wrtracy@juno.com

I'm looking for one Susan Lee CRAWFORD, born 1879 in Alabama or Georgia, died 1937. She married 1898 one Madison Jefferson Strickland. Know sibs are Molly Paris married James Lee HUDSON, Eugenie married a BONNER, and Vennie. Need other sibs and parents. I have two posible sets of parents for Susan, #1 Hugh and Castity Crawford, #2 John and Emma Crawford. So I need some help. In talking about the recent thread concerning crossing the water. It doesn't hurt to do a little looking from both ends. I managed to make a connection with another sir name I was researching by doing just that. Though it make the data base a little large. Alan Hubbard

My Crawford's arrived and never looked back -- making it had to find out WHERE they arrived FROM. Like ever other Crawford searcher we have RARE names like Thomas, William ect. Here's the list: Thomas B.1815 Ire. m. Jane Hanna b. Ire. m. Julia Ringer b. Pa. James b. 1837 Ire. m. Frances Smelser b. 1840 Pa. William b. 1839 Ire. m. Laura Bell Starr b. 1859 Samuel b. 1840 Pa. m. Clorinda Philabaum b. 1848 Margaret b. 1843 Andrew b. 1846 m Narcissa Kemp John b. 1848 m. Carmisha Philabaum b. 1855 Ann b. 1849 m. David Andrews I know about Thomas arrived, but I can't find him on any ship manifest or any other immigration information on the family. I sure hope they didn't have to walk over!!!! I guess knowing that I'm not alone in this serch makes it easier. Sue

Thanks to all who responded to my suggestion. I would like to really see it happen. I have a lot of records from court houses and records that I have accumulated over the years. If I could just go through and type it and enter it in the proper place some of us might make a connection that could help a lot of us. I do not have enough knowledge about the computers to do any thing like this myself. I will visit all the places that have been suggested , to see what I can find and will enter any information to the sites that allow me to do so as time allows. If we did have a data base it could be in alphabetical order and would not take as long to research as going to all the different States A County and State also need to be listed in case anyone would like to get official records, and would give each of us a direction to start at. Some cemeteries have birth date, death date and some headstones havea a marriage date and then some have the place the person is born. Some of my records are hand written and would not be good for scanning. Thanks again to all and maybe we can all get somthing going. Maxine Crawford Hornaday.

I've received several emails about my ancestor .... Christopher Columbus Crawford...... ~laughing~ and yes.... I think the name is funny too....... but after all.... I also have Theophilus Goodwin I, II, and III...... and ... my god.... Pinkney Ollious Goodwin...... what names! But seriously folks........... visit my web site...... check the surnames you are looking for...... I have no clue who the parents of Christopher were or where they came from..... HELP!!!! I know that around the time of the Civil War and directly after his home was in Carroll Co. Georgia.... and he died in Fulton Co., Georgia........ my web site is Celtic Roots.... and the url is http://www.paradoxdesigns.com/celtic Katherine Southard

JaSEn: I think that is a good data base and it might be just what we all want. This would tell all names and dates and I think it might work. Jean

Boy you just made my day. Christopher Columbus Crawford . Im not laughing at your relation, but I dont believe I have heard a I Crawford with that name. He should be easy to trace. Im so sorry but he made my day. Jean I think the data base is a great idea. Ill help all I can. My sons a programer maybe he can help with the data base. Ill be glad to imput. The maillist is a great idea also. Maybe we can fine tune this. Its a big job but we need some bad input also to get us on the right track. Jean

There is such a data base, although there is some "construction" going on. http://www.cobnet.com/Crawford/ I'm sorry to say that I have been intending to enter my information since May and have not done it.:( Janet -----Original Message----- From: Maxine Hornaday <hornaday@sat-co.net> To: CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com <CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, October 01, 1999 4:44 PM Subject: Data base >Just a thought?? Can anyone set up a data base for all the researchers >of the Crofford/ Crawfords lines , to enter the marriages, deaths, and >births , Census records they have collected over the years and maybe we >could all find a connection that we have not considered before. I >have a list of marriages with Counties and dates and then some >cemetery records that I could type off but the list would be too long >to put in an email and would have to be done in parts. > I am not up on setting up anything like that up. Maybe have places >the info could be entered on the internet. >Thanks Maxine. > >

Hi Wanda I also would like to just get back across the line to Tnn from Ky to find my greatgrandfather,James Collie Crawford. Have Grandfather John Henry Crawford in Ky,but before that in Tnn I am lost.Johns and James name keep popping up but alas nothing I can use,every Crawford family must have Johns and Jameses in every generation.I have brothers James and John,so the names were still popular in 1900s.I guess in some of these large familys it was hard to find enough names to go around.Still lost after 3 years of watching internet for leads and hoping I could hitchhike on another cousins research.Did not there were so many different branches out there,but its fun. Cousin Larry Crawford Lost in Elizabethtown Ky Hardin Co Wanda R Tracy wrote: > I am a descenant of a JOHN CRAWFORD too. How many John Crawford's do you > think there have been in the past? Which one does one latch onto? I > wish I could go back as far s Scotland or Ireland, Tennessee would be > the biggest help right now... > My earliest and ONLY known Crawford ancestor was John and that is all I > kown of him, except he had a dau Zilla who was my ggrandmother. > > > On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 05:38:05 PDT "marc mccune" <mccunem@hotmail.com> > writes: > >Ditto. > >

I have been trying to explain this very thing to a cousin who was "off to Scotland" and wanted to check some records over there. I told her that we had to get past 1780 and out of Anson Co., NC. I still looking for my David Crawford's parents. Anyone connect to this family? Rosemary Descendants of David Crawford Generation No. 1 1. David1 Crawford was born Bet. 1780 - 1790 in North Carolina, and died October 1832 in Anson Co., North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Kendricks Jackson 1805 in Anson Co. North Carolina, daughter of Kendricks and Nancy. She was born 1795 in North Carolina, and died Aft. 1859 in NC. Children of David Crawford and Elizabeth Jackson are: + 2 i. Stephen2 Crawford, born 1801 in SC; died 1879 in Chesterfield Co., SC. 3 ii. Farr H. Crawford, born Abt. 1812 in North Carolina; died December 20, 1859 in Anson Co., NC. He married Massey Bef. 1840; born Abt. 1818 in North Carolina. + 4 iii. Mary Crawford, born Abt. 1818 in NC; died Bef. 1850 in Polkton, Anson Co. NC. + 5 iv. Elizabeth Crawford, born August 11, 1820 in SC; died November 30, 1870. + 6 v. Michael Crawford, born Abt. 1824 in North Carolina; died October 22, 1897 in Wadesboro, Anson Co., North Carolina. + 7 vi. Sarah Crawford, born June 28, 1827 in NC; died December 03, 1896 in Mt. Croghan,Chesterfield Co., SC. + 8 vii. David Crawford, born November 19, 1830 in NC; died December 15, 1865 in Carthage, Leake, MS.. + 9 viii. Rosa Crawford, born June 18, 1832 in NC; died April 11, 1907 in Chesterfield Dist, SC. Generation No. 2 2. Stephen2 Crawford (David1) was born 1801 in SC, and died 1879 in Chesterfield Co., SC. He married Permelia. She was born 1827, and died 1901 in Chesterfield Co., SC. Children of Stephen Crawford and Permelia are: 10 i. David Faire3 Crawford. He married Sarah A 11 ii. William H. Crawford. 12 iii. Michael Crawford, Jr.. He married Mary Susan 13 iv. Hanna Crawford, born July 20, 1839 in SC; died June 19, 1901 in Chesterfield Co., SC. She married Aaron Sellers; born May 02, 1830 in SC; died July 14, 1906 in Chesterfield Co., SC. 4. Mary2 Crawford (David1) was born Abt. 1818 in NC, and died Bef. 1850 in Polkton, Anson Co. NC. She married Archelaus Elias Bennett Abt. 1839, son of Nevel Bennett and Catherine Harris. He was born Abt. 1818, and died September 25, 1882 in Polkton, Anson Co, N.C. Children of Mary Crawford and Archelaus Bennett are: 14 i. Elizabeth3 Bennett, born October 25, 1840 in Anson Co., NC; died February 01, 1888 in Polkton, Anson Co, NC. She married (1) Kendall She married (2) I. M. Williams 15 ii. David Nevel Bennett, born Abt. 1843. He married Agnes Craighead Dunlap; born October 21, 1844; died May 08, 1902. 16 iii. Sarah A. Bennett, born Abt. 1846. She married Blakeney 17 iv. Mary Frances "Fanny" Bennett, born December 22, 1849 in Anson Co., NC; died Aft. August 26, 1903 in Polkton, Anson Co, NC. She married Risden Bennett Gaddy; born August 19, 1837 in Anson Co, N.C; died 1899. 5. Elizabeth2 Crawford (David1) was born August 11, 1820 in SC, and died November 30, 1870. She married Elijah H. Cason February 07, 1839, son of Rev. Cason and Lydia Huntley. He was born Abt. 1817 in NC. Children of Elizabeth Crawford and Elijah Cason are: 18 i. Elizabeth3 Cason, born Abt. 1840. 19 ii. John C. Cason, born Abt. 1845. 20 iii. David F. Cason, born Abt. 1849. 6. Michael2 Crawford (David1) was born Abt. 1824 in North Carolina, and died October 22, 1897 in Wadesboro, Anson Co., North Carolina. He married Aurillia "Anna" Wallace January 14, 1847 in North Carolina, daughter of Jesse Wallace and Frances Sullivant. She was born July 31, 1831 in North Carolina, and died Bef. 1880 in Anson Co., NC. Children of Michael Crawford and Aurillia Wallace are: 21 i. Sarah3 Crawford, born May 09, 1848 in North Carolina; died Bet. 1877 - 1880 in North Carolina. She married Dennis Ratliff Abt. 1870 in North Carolina; born Abt. 1837 in North Carolina; died Bef. 1886 in North Carolina. 22 ii. Elizabeth Crawford, born May 10, 1850 in North Carolina; died 1924 in North Carolina. She married Henry Faulkner Aft. 1880. 23 iii. Fair Crawford, born January 22, 1852 in North Carolina. 24 iv. Frances Fanny Crawford, born September 05, 1858 in North Carolina; died September 13, 1898 in North Carolina. 25 v. David Crawford, born May 07, 1860 in North Carolina; died May 07, 1911 in Wadesboro, North Carolina. He married Mary Ann Bittle; born October 27, 1861 in South Carolina; died November 05, 1927 in Wadesboro, North Carolina. 26 vi. Michael C. Crawford, born August 31, 1862 in North Carolina; died May 27, 1911 in Rockwall Co, TX. He married Frances Barber; born in Rusk Co. TX; died September 02, 1949 in Dallas Co., TX. 27 vii. Charles Crawford, born July 14, 1864 in North Carolina. 28 viii. Stephen Crawford, born September 26, 1867 in Wadesboro, Anson Co., No. Carolina; died May 28, 1918 in Dallas Co, Texas. He married Jessie Monroe Harper in Texas; born March 18, 1883 in Rockwall Co, Texas; died November 02, 1950 in Dallas Co, Texas. 29 ix. Mary C. Crawford, born September 26, 1867 in Wadesboro, Anson Co., NC. She married Wilson Alexander Teal January 17, 1893; born April 05, 1869 in South Carolina; died May 13, 1939 in Chesterfield Co., SC. 30 x. John Crawford, born April 21, 1870 in Wadesboro, Anson Co., No. Carolina; died August 02, 1935 in Rockwall, Rockwall Co. Texas. He married Sarah Virginia Harper November 04, 1894 in McClendon, Rockwall Co. TX; born August 27, 1876 in Chisholm, Rockwall Co, Texas; died October 12, 1947 in Dallas Co., Texas. 7. Sarah2 Crawford (David1) was born June 28, 1827 in NC, and died December 03, 1896 in Mt. Croghan,Chesterfield Co., SC. She married William Henry Moore, son of Dickinson Moore and Rosana. He was born November 08, 1827, and died January 02, 1892 in Mt. Croghan,Chesterfield Co, SC. Children of Sarah Crawford and William Moore are: 31 i. Beauregard Crawford3 Moore. 32 ii. George Washington Moore. 33 iii. William Henry Moore. 34 iv. Rosa Moore. 8. David2 Crawford (David1) was born November 19, 1830 in NC, and died December 15, 1865 in Carthage, Leake, MS.. He married Rachel Thomas Ratliff January 02, 1851, daughter of James Ratliff and Mary Grady. She was born February 20, 1833 in Anson Co, N.C, and died March 27, 1915 in Carthage, Leake Co., MS. Children of David Crawford and Rachel Ratliff are: 35 i. John Wesley3 Crawford, born August 09, 1856 in Carthage, Leake, MS.; died June 01, 1940. He married Kisich "Kittie" McCollum January 08, 1880. 36 ii. Carolina "Callie" Virginia Crawford, born February 02, 1857 in Carthage, Leake, MS.; died March 01, 1914 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co, MS. She married Thomas Emmitt Falvey November 08, 1888 in Carthage, Leake, MS.; born June 30, 1866 in Carthage, Leake Co., MS; died September 28, 1942 in Brookhaven, Lincoln Co, MS. 37 iii. Joseph Clinton Crawford, born December 27, 1858 in Tuscaloosa, AL; died September 08, 1947 in Boyle, Bolivar Co., MS. He married (1) Ophelia Shearer October 01, 1882 in Leake Co., MS He married (2) Alice Lum October 10, 1900 He married (3) Mary Elizabeth Warren February 28, 1906 in Leake Co., MS; born April 17, 1885 in Carthage, Leake Co., MS; died December 03, 1947 in Learned, Hinds Co., MS. 9. Rosa2 Crawford (David1) was born June 18, 1832 in NC, and died April 11, 1907 in Chesterfield Dist, SC. She married (1) Nathaniel G. Ratliff Abt. 1851 in NC, son of James Ratliff and Mary Grady. He was born 1828 in Anson Co., NC, and died May 31, 1864 in Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, VA. She married (2) William Pink Brantley Aft. 1880. He was born May 07, 1822, and died April 08, 1911 in Chesterfield Dist., SC. Children of Rosa Crawford and Nathaniel Ratliff are: 38 i. Mary Eliza3 Ratliff, born March 03, 1852 in Chesterfield Dist., SC; died June 11, 1901 in Chesterfield Dist., SC. She married John H. (Pink) Brantley 39 ii. James D. Ratliff, born June 22, 1859 in NC; died February 21, 1932. He married (1) Rebecca Davis Hicks He married (2) Sarah Frances Brantley Abt. 1877; born January 06, 1853 in NC; died February 23, 1921. 40 iii. Ella Harriet Ratliff, born 1861.

That would be great for people writing books, etc., but for those of us standing in front of brick walls, ANY SCRAP OF INFO IS DESIRED, proven or not!! What say the rest of you? ----- Original Message ----- From: William Floyd <webmaster@cobnet.com> To: <CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 6:49 PM Subject: Re: Crawford Database-Marriage Entries > re: Your motives and intentions are wonderful. I like the idea of your > data base. But why not add only sourced and documented data to begin > with. Won't it help people more in the long run to be able to see that > each item/date has been documented and sourced? > > Wouldn't that be better than perpetuating mis-information; better > than trying to sort & correct it all later after alot of erroneous data > has been entered? > > > hummmm, good question. > I think I will wait before I give my opinion here, I would like to know how > others feel about this? > > Please folks, let's hear your thoughts, > Mark Floyd > leonardz > >

Does anyone have a David H. Crawford born 20 April, 1821 in either TN or AL? In 1850 census he is in Coffee Co. TN with wife Mary E. ? and one child Joseph. They moved to Wright Co., MO before 1860. Children : Joseph born 1849 in TN George G. born 1855 in TN Mary K. born 1857 in TN David Finnis born 1864 in Mo James born 1870 in Mo Second wife Elizabeth born 1859 in MO Children: Elmer born 1878 in MO Mryata born 1880 in MO If you can help me my address is lynnm@deseretonline.com

yes I'm having trouble getting across the pond........ I'm having trouble getting out of Georgia! anyone know of Christopher Columbus Crawford? Born: 14 MAR 1826 Died: 5 JAN 1912 married to: Mary Jane HARRIS Born: 4 MAR 1844 at: Died: 4 NOV 1910 at: Atlanta, GA CHILDREN John Thurmand CRAWFORD Born: 24 MAR 1871 at: Married: at: Died: 1928 at: Atlanta, GA Spouses: Ella Alice MOORE Katherine

He may not be as easy to trace as you think. I found an ancestor with a really unusual name, thought he'd be easy to trace, would lead to lots of info on our family, then found a death date. He died at age 4. That's what I get for thinking. Back to Jane, Mary, James, William, etc. Judy L.

Great suggestion. Wanda could keep that up all by herself!!!! Just kidding, Wanda. I'd be happy to input my info. mimi

For all of you who have hit brick walls, try connecting to my line. I have my Crawfords traced back to first millennium Scotland and beyond. If you do find a connection and have additional information to contribute, please, let me know. (Warning: my information is not well documented. My sources tend to be old genealogical books, which everybody knows, are sometimes in error. I really do want corrections as you are able to offer.) Alan An American Family www.homestead.com/AnAmericanFamily An American Family (plain text edition) www.homestead.com/alancole Favorites www.homestead.com/ColeLinks Alan Ray Cole 4746 Bordeaux Lane, Mason, Ohio 45040 (760) 281-9888, voice/fax AlanRayCole@USA.net To see the full version rather than the plain text edition, enable Java in your computer settings, use a current browser, and set the monitor resolution to at least 1280X1024 . .

Just a thought?? Can anyone set up a data base for all the researchers of the Crofford/ Crawfords lines , to enter the marriages, deaths, and births , Census records they have collected over the years and maybe we could all find a connection that we have not considered before. I have a list of marriages with Counties and dates and then some cemetery records that I could type off but the list would be too long to put in an email and would have to be done in parts. I am not up on setting up anything like that up. Maybe have places the info could be entered on the internet. Thanks Maxine.

Hi, I am a Linda Crawford also,just not the one who has written to the list recently. I have worked on my husband's Crawford line for 15 years and can't get past his 3rd great grandfather James Crawford born on 13 Oct 1752 in Chester Co PA according to his Rev War Pension application when he was 95 years of age living in Carter Co KY. At the time of the Rev he states that is father was living in Chester Co,but doesn't give his name. I haven't had luck chasing him down. I need to go back over everything again. There are 2 of us who have extensive research on him and we have both come to this roadblock,so if anyone has anything we would love to share. We have good records on him after he left PA. He married 1st at age 40 toe Cordelia Richards,then to Jane Llewellyn. Had 15 children by the 2 wives. I would love to get across the ocean somewhere,but there is nothing to tie us over there. The articles on the Crawfords in Scotland,Ireland and England is very interesting and I save it in hopes someday we will be able to make a connection. Thanks Linda Crawford in MO

Don't get discouraged about family research. I have been looking for the parents of my gggrandmother for over 25 years, have an idea who they are but no proof, thanks to two courthouse fires that destroyed all of the records prior to 1838. I keep finding bits and pieces, but if I find it all, there will be nothing for my grandchildren to look for. Genealogy is a work in progress, I never ever want to find it all. Then it will have to end. And what fun is that. Judy L.