This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3c.2ADE/927.937.943.946.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't have any documentation to tie your Thomas Robert Collins to Archibald Collins. Celia Self is Archibald's mother. Archibald married Mary Nix. Outline of family: Thomason Collins (b c1785 d. c1858,Union Co, GA) and Celia Self Collins (b c1787 d. c1880 Union Co, GA) Children: Archibald b c1811 Sarah b c1812 Elizabeth b c1814 Francis/Frank b c1816 Thompson b c1818 Ruth b c1820 Celia b c 1826 Nancy b c1829 Olive b c1831 Ivan Kimsey b c1835 Children of Archibald Collins(b c1811/12) and Mary Polly Nix(b c1818/20) Caroline b c1837 William b c1841 James W. b c1843 Ervin Kerr/Carr b c1844 Evaline b c1846 John P. b c1848 Sarah Malinda b c1849 Thomas R. b c 1850 Allevie M /Olive/Olly b c 1851 Elijah Kimsey b c 1852 Arch Marion b c 1854 Issac A. b c 1856 It is possibly that Thomas Robert could be a Grandson of Archibald Collins. Hope this helps, Betty Knight