In a message dated 12/22/00 10:12:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, bbbschilling@mindspring.com writes: > Firehair, > Why would you suppose that this Elijah that you say moves from PA into GA is > the SAME person ???? I do NOT agree. As you know I follow the Southern > lines pretty closely and I am not yet convinced. Perhaps you have something > more we can speculate on. > Happy Holidays ! > Brenda Kellam Schilling > Morning-- Up early, hoping to play catch up. My reasons for speculating Elijah of GA may well be the same man as Elijah with ONLY record of b. in PA--same time--are: One entire line of Kellam came from PA to Rockingham area of NC. A few of those made it into lower SC, some are not accounted for. Boundaries were very fluid. We have Ga to Preble migration, the Preble Kellam can be documented to the Wayne/Pike Co. area. We have an Elijah in Preble-from GA--Elijah is not common naming for the most part. (wish they'd all used some really different ones, or at least a numbering system--<G>) We hae a couple of early PA men without enough adult children to acount for records. Just moving the "chess pieces" around a bit. Speculation is thrown out to change thought patterns--like the C & W song says, "Loking for Love, in all the wrong places". Soon as someone PROVES where Elijah came from, who he belongs to, and it isn't PA, ---I'm dead wrong. Quite happily so---it eliminates one more question. Safe and good Holidays to each and all Sheila // Firehair