To: Michael Nelson, Fullerton, CA From: Mary Chandler, Waco, TX Hi Michael, First, please let me apologize for my typos--I didn't proof-read very carefully. The book, "History of Williamsburg" is by William Willis BODDIE. FTM stands for Family Tree Maker--it is the software program that I use to organize my tree and they have CDs that you can purchase that have various types of information. Census, Births, Deaths, Marriages, Land Records, GED- COMs, etc. They have a website: http://www.familytreemaker.com/ The GED-COMs are on what they call Family Tree Works CDs. Each CD is a different Volume. Researchers can submit their GED-COM or family tree and it will be put on the next CD that they record. Some of the trees are well documented, but most are not. Some Public Libraries have these CDs in their Genealogical Dept. IGI is the collection of International Genealogical Information from the Morman Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. I found it at my Public Library in the Genealogical Dept. It is on microfisch film and is separated into different countries and different states in the US. Then each country or state has the different surnames listed in alphabetical order. The Church lists this information without checking for its accuracy, but it helps the researcher know where to look for documentation. It lists births, deaths, marriages, census, wills and christenings. I do not have a copy of the will of William James yet, but according to WFT Vol. 1, #5830, the will was "dated July 09, 1750 and can be found in the Will Book 1747-1752 and the will was processed January 18, 1749/50 and can be found on page 393." I shall attempt to get a copy the next time I go to the library. I have made copies from the book "Early Pee Dee Settlers" by John M. Gregg pertaining to the surnames that I am researching. There is several pages on the surname JAMES and I will type them and hopefully get them out on the list tomorrow. [email protected] Mary Chandler Waco, TX -------------------- [email protected] writes: << To: Mary Chandler, Waco, TX From: Michael Nelson, Fullerton CA Hi Mary. You put on the James rootsweb list a genealogy which ended by saying "...None of this is documented, sorry to say, and I welcome any additions or corrections. I obtained most of the information from 'History of Williamsburg' by Wm. Willis Bodde and the rest from FTM, IGI and the message boards." I am not a genealogist, so I don't know what "FTM" or "IGI" are. Please tell me what they are and how I can look at them. You also mentioned a "...Will written 07/09/1749, probated 01/18/1750..." for William James b(1711) d(ca1750) Williamsburg, Craven Co SC. Do you have a copy or have you seen it? Thanks for your time. Michael