Currently, my primary areas of research include these surnames and locations: LALLANDE (FRA>LA){also as Lalande de Ferrier and de Lalande Ferrier} WILKES (ENG>VA>MS) STACY (?>AR>TX) These other lines are also of interest to me: BUMGARDNER (?>AR>TX) DeBLANC (FRA>LA) MESTAYER (FRA>LA) RODGERS (MS,LA) STEPHENS (MS) Thanks, Annette Stacy Wilkes-L list manager Stacy-L list manager _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

I have a lot of these kissing cousin relationships 1780-'s to 1900's. The families are the Pratts, Weekleys,Underwoods, and Davises of (W)Va. They were in Monongalia, Tyler Cos predominantly but moved into other counties at later dates. I am currently looking for the father of Hillery b 1827 m to Mary Ellen Weekley and Perry Pratt b 1831 m Hannah Weekley. The parents are supposedly John ca 1802 and Mary ? Pratt. Their grandparents may be John b 1770 and M. J. Cole. Hillery had an aunt named Margaret "Peggy" Pratt m to Jacob Hamilton. Their son Caleb Tanzy Hamilton is the cousin of Hillery (according to CW docs) and Perry. Now if I could only figure out who their father is! The relationships between these familes is so intertwined that it is mindnumbing! I will send that seperately! Angela Whaley "as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15

I wanted to say Congrats to Jerrian and Chet for finding each other last night. Look for a write up about it soon on the website. Welcome to the New members and don't worry about not being heard, we have nearly 50 people on this list and it's only a couple of days old, so feel free to say something, they CAN hear you. I won't be on for the rest of the day (no I'm not ignoring you) I'm going to go ride Rollercoasters and have a bit of "fun time offline". I have an annual pass for Universal (Orlando) so I'm going to go play for today. Have a good day everyone. Betsy

And I left out Deming Dixon Gibson Nancy Harwood Houston, TX

Make that my father's mother's mother was Altha Chastain. Forgive me. It's way too early to be concentrating on my jumbled up family! *L* Debi

I have always known that my father's mother's (Altha) maiden name was Chastain. I recently discovered that her husband's (William H. Cornett) mother (Rachel) was a Chastain before she married Eldred Dredwick Cornett. I haven't found a connection to the two families yet but I am sure it is there. Unfortunately, we can find very little information on Altha at all. Maybe I can find some new cousin out there that can help me make the connection. Debi

Hi ..... with such success I sure hope someone out there has a thread of their tree that crosses mine. Surnames: Gerdes Thornton Broers Padula Palmara Engrin Harms Hinrick Pieper Not much to start with ..... but a start. Ken ken@guardianmfg.com

Here I go again. I have a couple more names to add to my list. I just discovered this one and haven't started researching yet so I don't even have it in my book. I think I will just reprint my entire list (forgive me) and get them all together. Parham/Parm (spelling changed around 1917) Watkins Couch Cornett Chastain Deal Pelfrey Lovelady Green Kell Soblet Crays Audet Laurent Archer O'Bryan Barnes Elliot Kneal Ross Duncan or Foster (not sure which one Alexander Kell was married to when Rhoda was born). I am also trying to find information on my grandmother's 2nd husband who's surname was Reese or Reece. Now I think I have covered them all. *L* Debi

Lynda, I am researching Green's too. Mine are from the Tennessee/Georgia/North Carolina area. How about yours? Debi

Forgot to add the surname WILKES because I have not started researching this line as of yet. Have completed the Board and Willard lines. Stephen

My surnames are: Board (Texas/Kentucky/Va/Md/England) Potter (Freestone County,Texas) Gardner (SD/Iowa) Klemann (Tx/Neb/SD/Iowa-eventually Germany) Foote (Ky) Willard (Tx/Ky/Tn) Clement (Tx/Ca/NJ) Have current knowledge that Willards married relatives and then Boards married first half cousins. Will explain a little later when I can look this up. Stephen in Texas Listowner: POTTER-L and KLEMANN-L

Jane Thank You. I'm sure there will be many more success stories on this list. Is this cool or what? Chet

Ok, tomorrow then. My server and computer have been giving me grief, anyway. Have had to re-boot 2 times. So, goodnight. Jerrian

Jerrian Good Night. I just emailed another Cousin to let her know the family just grew more. We'll get to that tomorrow. Cuz Chet

Hi, UNBELIEVABLE!!! This is just too wierd. It's getting late. Do you want to continue this now, or start again tomorrow? Jerrian

Tomorrow will be fine. Chet

Hi, It's ok with me. Jerrian

Hi, My mistake. I do have more. Found it in the ancestral file. Thomas Oldham's 2nd wife's last name was Catherine Griffith. Thomas Born 23 May 1785 in York, PA. Died, 21 Aug. 1853, St. Clair Twp., Bedford, PA. Married Hannah McCreary in 1813. Thomas Oldham and Rebecca Blackburn: Thomas B: abt. 1748 in Chester, PA, Died in Sep. 1812, St. Clair Twp. Bedford, PA; Married Rebecca, on 13 Oct. 1779 Warrington MM, York, PA. Rebecca, B: ?1751 MenallenTwp. York, PA, Died, 1823, same place. She was the daughter of Thomas Blackburn and Alice Hewitt. Thomas Blackburn was the son of John Blackburn, Sr. and Mary Courtney. John Blackburn, Sr.. was the son of John Blackburn the first and his wife Elizabeth. The Blackburns and Hewitt's were born in Ireland. I have more dates and the children for each family, if you are interested. Jerrian

Jerrian That's GREAT. I'm a direct descendant of John BLACKBURN Sr.!!!!!! He is my 7th Great Grandfather. Chet