Hi Gordon, Thanks for the information on the origin of the name of Giddeon Gifford as being the father of our William Gifford. In 1995, Ginny sent me two sets of notes. A set of about 18 pages of handwritten notes (very good penmanship) and about 10 pages of typed notes (that appear to be mainly taken from the handwritten notes). Do you know which set were due to P. V. Gifford? When you were looking at the bible, did you note who Aunt Netta was and who her parents were? Much activity here as my (step) daughter Laurie Pendleton is getting married in a couple of weeks. We highly approve of the groom so it is a happy occasion. Next week I go to Kentucky for our annual Riney Reunion. Mary will not make it this year as she is still teaching. Best regards, David On Mon, 06 Jul 1998 00:15:21 EDT walk.inn@juno.com (Gordon R. Walk) writes: > I finally caught Virginia in a good mood . >Her research starts with notes from P V Gifford . At one point there >was corespondence between several of the descendands of William . The >most impressive set of corespondance came from a lady in NY , she was >a descendand of Jabez . It appears that William had a brother Benjamin >up in NY . There was an adoption of some children related to William >and Bejamin oversaw the activity . > It appears that Gideon was Williams father , but Lois Jackson >probly wasn't the mother . > The family story probly will never be told , since this family >continually used the same names . > I did open the"Gifford" book one more time . It has been well taken >care of . Except for all the hand writen notes . >Gordon Walk >_____________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get >completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno >at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]