Happy 4th of July to all! I guess I had better introduce myself as I'm new to your list and some are "suspicious" of my intentions or research motives, so I'll give you all a full view of me, mine and what I'm doing here in PIKE COUNTY< KY. My formal REAL name is Countess VonCourtier (the last part being French and pronounced: Core Tee "A". In French it means a money broker. However, I'm "Broker than Ever" <grin>. . . . I live in California but my roots (well, some anyway) are in Kentucky; LOTS in PIKE County. My home address is: 955 Miranda Way Livermore, CA 94550 (925) 373-7812 My goals are to acquire / compile and generally research PIKE COUNTY, it's people, history etc., I'd like to hear from others researching and studying PIKE COUNTY so as to ascertain your goals also. I'd like to transcribe all the CENSUS records for the County and contribute them to rootsweb for ALL of us to use . . . . . Please e-mail me through the list or personally is fine too. MY MOTTO: I'm searching for stumps* (finding PLENTY) and diggin' up roots (very SPARSE), but happily hunting. *the stumps is derived from another Surname in My family line which is STUBBS . . . that name came from and meaning "People of the forrest, i.e., stumps" . . . . .Waiting happily too to hear from each of you with interests in PIKE COUNTY< KY. I am a mother of a daughter (31 yrs old) and a son (25), a grandmother of (1) 2 - 1/2 months old . . . So, I'll close with hopes of hearing from you . . Until, Countess