Hi Gordon, Thanks for your reply. I am trying to start with William Gifford of Sandwich, MA (1615-1687) and work my way forward in time to our William Gifford (abt 1756-August 15, 1846). I have had no real success trying to go backward in time to our William Gifford (abt 1756-Aug. 15, 1846). Incidently, I found that the mysterious "Aunt Netta of Tulsa" was the wife of Randolph Shirk (son of Charles C. Shirk). Best regards, David On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 23:53:22 EDT "Gordon R. Walk" <walk.inn@juno.com> writes: > I have Phillip and Mary Turner as the parents also . I don't have >dates on William and Phillip , but the 1615 date seems corect . This >is not my own research so I can't verify any of it . > This tree also has Edmonde as Phillips father . > Jabez supposedly had a brother named Gideon and all of the children >had the same names as the children of William that I am working on . >Supposedly Williams father was Gideon . Hence an assumption was made >that these were the same Gideons . It never pays to assume in this >hobby. > When I found that this line wasn't mine , I didn't persue it any >further , but I hung on to the reference just in case . >Gordon Walk > >On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 21:29:28 -0500 "John W. Atwood" ><jwatwood@uswest.net> writes: >>Gifford is my wife's line. I have William, but my wife descends >from >>William's >>son William, who I assume would be an Uncle to Jabez. I also have >>parents >>for >>William as Philip Gifford and Mary Turner, however the birth dates I > >>have >>for >>them are wrong or they are not William's parents. Kind of hard to be > >>born >>in >>1615 and have your parents be born in 1638. I got the data from >>someone >>else, >>So don't have the original info to fall back on. >> >>John. >> > >___________________________________________________________________ >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/getjuno.html >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/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]