This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RIGNEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jAB.2ACI/492.494.3 Message Board Post: Lisa, One little tidbit that may help. The 1850 and 1860 census records list Francis as a male, not a female. You might want to look for his descendants too for DNA testing. 1850 Clinton Co., KY Census: (next door to William and Mary Stinson) RIGNEY, William 45, m, farmer, VA; Susan 28, f, Ky; James A. 7, m, Ky; James W. 10, m, Ky; Alfred M 7, m , Ky; Francis M 4, m, Ky; Beaufort 3, m, Ky; Edmond C. 1, m, Ky. 1860 Clinton Co., KY Census: (Still next door to Wm. & Mary "Polly") RIGNEY, Wm. 45, m, farmer, VA; Susannah 40, f, weaver, Ky; James M. CARTER 19, m, farming, Tenn; James A. RIGNEY 19, m, farming Tenn: Alfred M. CARTER 15, m, farming, Tenn: Francis M. RIGNEY 13, m, Ky; Buferd 11, m, KY; Edmund 10, m, Ky; Wm. H. 9, m, KY; Lucy A.E. 8, f, Ky; Rutha S. 7, f, Ky; Newtin J. 5, m, KY; Wayman 1, m, KY; Catharine BROWN, 15, f, spinner, Tenn. Anna Bertram