My friends - A new site has just been created which contains transcripts of depositions recorded by Lyman Copeland Draper, the great historian of the 19th century who travelled many hundreds miles to interview Revolutionary War soldiers, plain citizens, relatives of Daniel Boone, and countless others.Many of the names contained in these depositions are those found in the JP region in later years. It is interesting to review these documents, and you may find a family member contained within them. The site can be found here: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/state/court/collins.txt I also want to take a moment to remind all of us to view with caution the various lineages which have been contributed to the commercial genealogy sites. While the commercial sites are wonderful for viewing original records(census, land grants, etc.), the family pedigrees which have been contributed often have, unfortunately, much supposition and lore contained within them, and little or no citation for information stated as fact. In some cases, very good information has been contributed, only to be undermined by others who add to, or subtract from, the original material, substituting data that may not be fully documented. I was very much surprised to learn recently, while viewing a contributed pedigree on one of the commercial sites, that the given name of one of my great-grandmothers was "Snoddy"(it actually was "Angeline"). There is a tendency among some family historians, especially those who are just starting their research, to believe that anything that is recorded in writing has to be accurate. Such is not the case, and never has been the case, but the situation has been greatly exacerbated by the advent of the Internet, which allows almost instant transferral of information from one to another, whether accurate or otherwise. As a result, our "antennae" must be up at all times. I say this not to generate any discussion on the pros and cons of commercial sites, or their contents, but just to remind us to be on guard and insist on documentation for facts, or a convincing weight-of-the-evidence presentation. -B ======================================================================