>I find your information interesting, to say the least. You can go to: > > http://tripod.members.com/~jtmcgowan/Fleming.html > >To see some input on my Flemings of Pennsylvania, but I will briefly state >what we know. > >According to family history, Boaz Fleming came to the US with several sons. >John Fleming was one of them. It is said Boaz may have paid his way to the >new world as an Indentured Servant and it was thought his servitude took >place in Chester County, Pa. > >According to the history, Boaz and John both made hunting expeditions into >what is now Indiana County, Pa. John took up a Homestead there and was one >of the first people to settle in Indiana County, Pa. > >The History lost track of Boaz. Upon performing a record search, I could >only find One Boaz Fleming that came close to the Boaz we were looking for. >That is the Boaz of which you speak. I followed his family into W.VA. and >even found one of Boaz's grand-daughters married and moved to Indiana >County, Pa. Neither she nor her husband seem to have cause to move to that >region. I was wondering if one reason was not because she had relatives >there, but could find no proof to back this theory up. > >You inclusion of a missing John Fleming in Boaz's family is a first for me. >I will have to check out that angle. > >Now Before you go to my site and see the Family History by Mrs. Paul, I will >tell you that she appearantly wrote it more for entertainment than she did >for accuracy. Alot of little facts she gives just does not jibe in the >Chronilogical Order she states, but on the whole, we found the family >connections are pretty good. > >I have data on your fleming family and I am more than willing to add them to >my site, especially if a connection can be made. :) > > My Flemings are in my message to the list on 31 Jul 1998. I'm just sending data in my files in response to queries. There were several messages about Boaz and this is what I had in my files. I have the data because there were so many Flemings so close in space and time named John that tracking them all helps separate out the data I can consider relevant. I have nothing on your PA Flemings, mine are all in WV, and the Monongalia Flemings were in WV with a John when my John was in WV. I could eliminate a potential marriage record for my guy because it was clearly for the Monongalia guy. I know about old ladies' tales. I've encountered and disproven so many. Their value is mainly as a pointer to where to look for the real information, from a genealogists viewpoint. From an ethnologists viewpoint, these charming tales point to how their contemporaries viewed the participants, a subjective view sifted through the values of the day, that, while not necessarily accurate, does illustrate what was important to the viewer and how they wished to be viewed. Bill [email protected]