Hi. I'm new to this list, so thought I would check in. The following is by memory, and just a rough idea of what info I have access to on this GEORGE family. Reuben GEORGE, my ancestor, married Ann HANDLEY in 1797, in Greenbrier County, WV. The marriage record showed Reuben as Reuben FOSTER, but I suppose the minister, posting several marriages at once later, got the name confused with another family of the area. Reuben and Ann, their family, and some of her siblings, left Virginia around 1812, and settled down the Ohio River north of Cincinnati in Butler County, OH. Alexander and James GEORGE were also in the county in 1820 per the census. I have no idea if or how these GEORGEs were related to Reuben. He never named any of his children with these first names. I would like to find out who Reuben's parents were. Traditionally, the family historians said it was Reuben and Mildred Rogers GEORGE, but neither the birth nor death dates match between their Reuben and "my" Reuben. (So much for my descendancy from William the Conqueror!!!) Perhaps he was an orphan. There was a William GEORGE, I think, in Greenbrier Co around the time Reuben was there, and a Peggy GEORGE, but once again, no one in Reuben's family was named William or Peggy. Maybe one of the FOSTER families raised him. Lots of maybes; too few answers. Reuben and Ann's children were: Fanny, Joshua, Reuben Jr., Jane, Enoch, and a daughter who died early. With Reuben's second wife, he had Isaac and Mary "Polly". These children reused the names Enoch, Reuben, Joshua, Isaac (plus several more) for males, which makes me think they traditionally named their children for fathers, uncles, grandfathers, etc. Any one have any ideas for tracking down illusive GEORGE ancestors from this section of (West) Virginia in the late 1700s? Reuben was born at the end of July 1777, in VA so far as I know. Thanks for any help. I have some GEORGE info on-line and am willing to share other data as well. Nancy Sween Butler Co OHGenWeb CC Andrew Co MOGenWeb CC Wyandotte Co KSGenWeb CC Handley Family web site manager etc