>I myself have benefited from Genealogical Societies. Some I have >belonged to. MY best results were found because a very distant cousin >has belonged to a Genealogical Society for many years, in hopes she >would some day make contact with descendants of 2 Uncles that left TN. >Well to shorten the story. I joined the society and we connected, which >saved me what could have been many pain staking if not expensive years >of looking. This particular person I was researching Silas Jackson >settled in Pope CO, he was born in Jackson CO, TN. Well those of you who >may have researched Jackson's know how hard it can be to locate >relatives in the early 1800's. >I personally hope to see a Pope CO Society started. I do not know if I >can be of much help from Wisconsin, but would like to if you need any >help. Who knows it may prove that all of us researching in Pope CO are >really related. >Families I am researching; >Jackson, Hathaway, William's, Clubb, Shufflebarger, Lauderdale, >Stapleton What STAPLETON????? Lin