I have enjoyed browsing through some of the websites that have been created by members of this list. I have found them to be both impressive and informative - way to go gang! I have not been able to look at any of them thoroughly as yet but still have managed to pick up bits of useful information for my family files. I do not have ancestors in common with most of the websites, however, our family members were probably "neighbors" to many of those families. Jim, I was looking at your Hawes website last night and found many interesting facts. Did not expect to find anything of particular interest in the information about "How Floyd County Was Formed" but was surprised to read at the end of the article that in 1884, the Legislature took a tract that stretched over the headwaters of Beaver Creek and parts of Perry, Letcher and Breathitt Counties and called it Knott County in honor of Proctor Knott the governor. It may be just a coincidence, but this is the same year that Proctor Knott McKenzie, my husband's grandfather, was born (1884). We had been told by our family that our P.K. (as he was known) was named for a traveling minister who held revivals in different communities throughout the year. We will never know who actually inspired his parents to give him that name, but it does raise another possibility. Interesting . . . Thanks everyone. I look forward to having more time to spend at my computer after the holidays. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! Sharon McKenzie Pleasant Hill, CA