You're exactly correct and I did run into some of those "brick walls." I have traced the Osborne's back to England with the first landing in Virginia in 1619. A great website for anyone researching the "Osborne's" is Osborne's Origins. Thanks again. Larry

True enough. This book sounds really helpful to most Osbornes researching their family, except, of course, those Osbornes who came from Ireland. I understand that there have been Osbornes in Ireland since the 12th century, although I believe the name was originally "FitzOsbern". Although there have always been a few Osbornes in Mason county, some English, some Irish, neighboring Lewis County (and Greenup County) has loads of them. Remember that Lewis County and Greenup Counties were once part of Mason county, so some of these may be relatives of yours. The Buffalo Trace Regional phone directory lists 2 Osborns - both in Fleming County; 21 Osbornes - 13 in Lewis County, 5 in Mason County (3 whose families came from Lewis County, 1 from Scott County, 1 unknown), 3 in Nicholas County; 2 Osburns - 1 in Bracken County and 1 in Bracken County; and no Osbournes (with apologies to John Michael Osbourne, aka Ozzie). I don't have a Greenup County phone directory, but there are l! ots of Osbornes in it, too. So, good luck and good hunting! One thing I have observed, there's a lot of musical talent in the clan : the aforementioned rocker, Ozzie Osbourne; the black soul artist, Jeffrey Osborne; the Country act, SheDaisy (the Osborn Sisters); and the Bluegrass band, The Osborne Brothers. You have lots to be proud of! Seabiker44@wmconnect.com wrote:You're exactly correct and I did run into some of those "brick walls." I have traced the Osborne's back to England with the first landing in Virginia in 1619. A great website for anyone researching the "Osborne's" is Osborne's Origins. Thanks again. Larry ==== KYMASON Mailing List ==== Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.