Keith Griffin wrote: > > My surnames are all in the South, so far: > Pike County, AL: > HUSSEY, CARTER, REESE, LAW, WILLIAMSON, INGRAM, SANDERS > Randolph County, AL: > MCCARTER, COOK. DAVIS, HENRY, LEE, WEATHERS, PITTMAN, possilbly USSERY > I am not sure where all these people were from, but a lot were GA, SC, > VA. > > Knox County, TN: > CLAPP, HANKINS, BOOKER, KELLY, WALKER, BOND, CARDEN > The Clapps were from Guilford County, NC. > > GA - Peach County or somewhere: > PEARCE, LONG, ALLEN > > My husbands surnames (these are mostly from Stanly County, NC, some > Union or Montgomery): > MAULDIN, SNUGGS, SHANKLE, IVEY, SCHOFFNER, BALLARD, GRIFFIN, WAISNER, > MOOSE, LEFLER, LISK, HOWARD/HARWARD, WHITAKER, SMITH, MORTON, BOYSWORTH, > HUDSON, ALLEN, YATES > His parents have turned out to be third cousins, twice removed (so > far). My 14 year old was horrified to find out he is his grandmothers > fifth cousin. He asked me if I will check his future wife's family for > him (when he finds her) to make sure she is not related to him. > > I am mostly on some surname and county mailing lists. I check names on > search engines when I get the chance and email anybody I find who might > be a connection. > > I would like to hear from anyone with any of these names in the South. > Paula > > ==== KISSINGCOUSINS Mailing List ==== > My kids will appreciate the research I've done........when pigs fly.. Paula, I am a BOOKER by birth. I have tried to research my father's family but have not been able to get past him and his parents. This is what I know about them. My father was a Charles Edward BOOKER born in either Richmond or Newport News, Virgina in either 1919 or 1922. His father was John Alexander BOOKER Jr. born 12 Jan 1894, I am not sure where possibly NC, SC, Va. or some other place in the south. My father's mother was Ida M. KELLEY born 2 Aug 1896, I always thought she was from NC, SC or Va., but a cousin told me her brother told her she was from Dublin, Ireland. Her father was Robert KELLEY, I was told he was a tobacco farmer in SC and later Va. John Alexander BOOKER had at least one brother Robert BOOKER and at least one sister Margaret BOOKER. John and Ida had one other child a John Alexander BOOKER III. He had 10 children. John and Ida married on 25? Apr 1917 not sure where. Any of these folk in your line. Janet Tennent Kensington, Maryland