Hi Jim, I am sending a copy of this message to the Dutton list in case there are other folks on the list who can be of more help to you than I am. Other comments interspersed below. __________________ James Dutton wrote: > Carole, > I have just signed on to DUTTON-L@rootsweb.com and I am > totally amazed at the amount of information available on the > Dutton family. > > I have only been involved in genealogy since the fall of 1997, > but already I have over 4,500 names in my Family Tree Maker > program, mainly due to three books/manuscripts, one of which > is The Genealogy of the Dutton Family of Pennsylvania by > Gilbert Cope. What are your other two books or manuscripts? There are a LOT of DUTTONS!!! Did you put all of the people in your program from the Cope Book? > My great-great grandfather was Franklin A. Dutton, who lived > in Jerseyville, Jersey County, IL. His son was George Franklin > Dutton, and his grandson was Robert Harrison Dutton, who > married my grandmother, Elizabeth Ruth Majors. (If you need > any of this later genealogy, let me know and I'll forward it to you. Where does your family connect into the Duttons in Cope? OR are you a Massachusetts Dutton descendent? > The Cope book is a little confusing, especially where it relates > to the very early Duttons of England. I have communicated with > a Gordon Dutton in the U.K. who has two a genealogies (800s to > 1700s and another done by his uncle that goes back to the > 1700s), plus a book published as a private publication. I have > requested copies of his genealogies and the book. The two > genealogies are on paper that measure 5 ft by 2.5 ft! I left the > decision up to him on how the best way to reproduce them > would be, so long as the cost would be reasonable. I have not > yet heard back from him. > > Any help that you might be able to offer me would be most > appreciated. > Jim I think that the Cope book is somewhat difficult to follow, as well, in the early lines (which are taken from Leycester's work). Having a chart is a big help. We bought our Chart from Dick Dutton who had found it in the Genealogical Society in London. He had it photocopied and made it available to LISTers for $10 (cheaper by the group) to cover the cost of copying and mailing. Individually, it would cost $15. Since he made that very generous offer, we have had a lot of new subscribers to the list. So, maybe if enough people wanted to buy a copy of this Chart by P.H. Lawson, he would make a new offer? I know that my copy is getting pretty raggedy around the edges and I could use a new copy to keep in its mailing tube for my children! Lawson's Chart starts with Sveide, a Norse King d 780 A.D. It covers the de Duttons, the Pennsylvania Duttons and the Sherborne Duttons down to 1955. Of course, since he was in England the PA Duttons just drop off the chart in the seventeenth century. I have added Lawson's data to my family's genealogy on my web page--The Dutton Chronicle--which is still under construction. I uploaded it this week. I'm still working on it, but the general line is up there now. I want to add more data from Cope and other sources that I have found. Sorry, I have not been more helpful, but maybe someone on the LIST will be able to tie into your family. Regards, Carole