We are researching the following surnames: MANIS, MANESS, MANUS (and other spellings) BURKS, BURKE, BIRKS (and other spellings) HANCOCK, WHISMAN, WISEMAN, SPEARS, BURTON, LEE, MOSIER, and many others. Visit our updated web site at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~srmanis to view all of our known surnames as of December 27, 1999. Most of our ancestors seem to have lived in old Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, and West Virginia. May be some from Ohio and Pennsylvania. If anyone finds a connection let me know. Happy hunting Sherman R. Manis -- Jesus is Lord of our lives Sherman and Rodana Manis visit our web sites: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~srmanis We will be deleting the Geocities site and Tripod in the near future. http://www.members.tripod.com/srmanis Sign up to receive gospel tracts via e-mail at: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/gospeltracts In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Gen 1:1 KJV)