Thank you for your prompt reply re garding descendants of G.W. Stoner. Should you be acquainted with any of these descendants of G.W.Stoner and his wife Nancy nee Tribble, I would like to correspond with them--either e-mail or snail mail. I am a direct descendant of G.W.Stoner's son Michael Lowery Stoner [who died after the Civil War in or around Victoria Co., TX]. He migrated to Texas ca 1859, as the name of his first wife, nee Carlisle Harris [also my ancestor], appears in the 1860 mortality schedule for Texas. He married Carlisle, frequently called Caroline in the records, in Madison Co., KY. She was one of the younger children of Overton Harris & Nancy Oldham of Madison Co. There was one Stoner son who was a Union sympathizer, and G.W. and his wife Nancy both made deeds [in lieu of wills, it seems] naming all their children but this one son. According to other reports [was it in The Boone Family?], they made amends later. Seems like this family had a few grudges against one antoher, according to some other relatives' letters to Lyman S. Draper [or was it Shane?] That bit aside: Wish I could tackle TMG with more confidence than I feel. I must switch, but the learning curve at my age is HUGE!!! I have your first book, but DAR problems/tasks/make-work keep me from my love--genealogy!!! E.W.Wallace [female in California]