I have just made an update adding 2,198 persons, 1,808 direct descendants. This web site encompasses 49,426 individuals out of a total database of 71,439 relatives. Direct descendants of Richard Wright, Sr. include 30,356. The rest are closely related. Major Surnames include Allen, Cauble Colglazier, Cooley, Gilstrap, Goss, Hazel, Hill, Hinds, Johnson, Marshall, Martin, Monical, Morgan, Moss, Mullenix, Naugle, Parrish, Purlee, Ratts, Trueblood, Voyles, Wingler, Wright and Zink. Most of these families emigrated to Edgar County, Illinois; Putnam & Washington Counties, Indiana; Greene County, Iowa; Kansas and Macon and Putnam Counties, Missouri. Updates include adding descendants of the following among others: 1. Timothy Cooley/Lucinda Mullinix, 2. James Mulanix/Cora Partin 3. Smiley Silvey/Joyce Wright 4. Noah Fouts/Jane Wright 5. McCajah Wright/Holland Whisunhunt 6. Noah Wright/Recy Musgrove Info from Pape Funeral Home (mostly woodrum) and more from Crown Hill Cemetery, Wash. County, IN I would appreciate any comments, additions and corrections. Herb Arkin 40,000 Descendants and relatives of Richard Wright, Sr. of Rowan County, North Carolina who emigrated to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Web page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~herbarkin