Thank your for the information. I will contact Christine. I have not yet seen an e-mail for her. Janean ----- Original Message ----- From: <BeeandBop31@aol.com> To: <ILWHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [ILWHITE] RICE > Janean, > Your Rices came out of Virginia, I believe. Mine came out of Massachusetts. > The only possible connection that I have come across over the years is the > possibility -- with an emphasis on possibility -- that the immigrant on your > line was a brother (or nephew, or very close relative) of Edmund Rice who > immigrated to Mass. in 1638. I think some of yours went to SC, and some went > to TN around Davidson and Maury County, but some were in Livingston Co., KY > (and another county or two in the vicinity) before they moved from there to > White Co., IL. Christine Rice of Carbondale, IL, is more knowledgeable about > your Rice family than anybody I know. She lives on Emerald Lane in > Carbondale. We corresponded before e-mail, so I don't know whether she has > that capability now or not. You could look her up in the internet white > pages for her address and telephone number. > > This doesn't mean that we are not related, Janean -- just not through that > line. As I recall, you are descended through the Benbrooks. That line is > connected through my Sneeds and Malones. > Shirley Malone Fritsche > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >