Dear List, Based upon my experiences with Chuck Hamrick, I cannot say that I saw any evidence that he ever did his own research. He surely took other people's research and claimed it as his own, and then never provided anything back. So to say he "researched" the Snow Louther and concluded they were not related does not mean anything me, personally. I am sure there are still many Hamrick researchers who would claim S. C. Jones researched the Snow Louther and concluded that every Hamrick "was" a descendant of theirs. I am not picking on you, Darlene, because if you had said you had researched the Snow Louther and drawn that conclusion, I would have 200% more confidence that I could rely on it. I will admit to being a cynic, and perhaps I am the only one who feels this way, but I do not consider Chuck Hamrick any more a reliable source than I do S. C. Jones. And S. C. Jones probable did more harm to Hamrick research than anyone although I am sure it wasn't intentional as he had good intentions. A skeptic in WA Steven A. Bridges [email protected] Darlene V. Gleason wrote: > > Dear List, > Chuck Hamrick did research the "Hamricks" from the Snow Louther. > He said their names were really Hammerichs from Germany and not > connected to us in any way. Darlene > > J R. McKinney wrote: > > > Dan and other Hamrick's, > > > > I found the same data on the 1731 PA Hamrick's and thought I > > had found the Hamrick ancestor also. I did not know that > > S C Jones had written his book using that data. > > > > I tried tracing the family of Georg and it seemed that all > > his children stayed in PA as far as the records of marriages > > and births were concerned. Chuck told me he had traced them > > them down 3 generations and no males ever went to VA. > > > > I had one German Cousin "Doll" that married one of the > > daughters but I could not find any connection to Patrick. > > I had one ancestor that wrote in the late 1800's that we > > were descendant's of the Patrick "from" Ireland. > > > > That is the only data I have on Georg Hamerich. > > > > J R