Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected] >Terri said: Hello, > I too, am glad that someone brought this up! > Documentation is a piece of paper, whether it be a birth certificate, Will, > death cert or whatever. If I obtain a copy and send it to my cuzzin Butch, his > copy is just as valid as my copy. No difference. It proves the same thing.<<<<<<< What troubles me is the fact that in spite of all that is written and pretty much accepted as fact, not only here, but also in various genealogical books and writings, ......... there doesn't appear to be a truly *clear* line leading back to the Norman Knight who came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 and was granted land which today is Cheshire. I for one would like to see more participation leading back to England. I may be a little prejuced since I'm the first Davenport of my family in the US, but I get the feeling that so much effort is expended finding all the smallest details of the US Davenport but not much is said of how they got here. Winn