Hello to all - You seem like a nice group! I've been away from my GA research for a couple years, but the discovery of a new "cousin" has fired up my interest again. (by the way - post your name everywhere you can for your surnames - it pays off! I was "found" by this new cousin when she spotted a two year old posting in a Whitaker forum!) My family is at this point all Atlanta area... WHITAKER - descendants of Joel E.W. Whitaker, particularly John T. Whitaker BARTON - Descendant and family of David barton, though his son William. MITCHELL-Descendants of William Mitchell, though his second wife Elizabeth Jurden Thanks! mary Hayward Brockmeyer