This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harlow, Beckley, Shuck, Rucker, Payton/Peyton, Watkins, Gunther, Smith, Hawkins, Thurmond, Higgins, Bolton, Henderson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4AB.2ACI/518.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My Shuck information began with census images. I got the information from the regional state archives, in my case, it was in Waltham MA. I have gotten extensive family information online by joining lists, such as this one, and contacting the county clerks and historical societies from the locations I knew my family to be. My oldest piece of "legal" paper dates from 1786 VA. It's out there. Just remember, the Shuck's may have started in Mercer Co. KY.