Couldn't handle it. Please see comment below At 04:13 PM 10/16/97 -0400, you wrote: ----------snip------------------------ > >Anyway, the families I am most interested in include LAW, WILLIS, LAWSON, >COCKERHAM, & LARKINS; all on my maternal side before 1750 in Virginia. The >Law family from which I am derived migrated form Westover on the James River >(1677) to Halifax County along the Bannister River to Pittsylvania County - >now renamed Frankllin County near Rocky Mount VA. From there the family >migrated to Kentucky (briefly) and finally settled in South Central Indiana >near the very small town of Deputy IN. Austin, IN is the closest town of any >size and eventually most of the family moved there or to the nearby towns of >Scottsburg, Sellersburg, Henryville or Charlestown. I have not looked this up, but the phrase "migrated to Kentucky (briefly)" could also be a signal that the family lived in that part of KY that was once and (briefly) known as the state of Franklin. This is something I learned at a genealogy seminar many years ago. > Hope this helps. Sandra Eleanor [T.Y.L.E.R] D.U.N.C.A.N [email protected] SURNAMES & MAILING LISTS CAN BE SEEN AT: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3577 I AM A PROUD "S P O N S O R" OF ROOTSWEB AS OF 11 SEP 1997 Support RootsWeb! Go "NOW" to: http://www.rootsweb.com