Marilyn; As a matter of fact, I live in Clarksville, Tn and do research sometimes at the Library there. I do regret however that in all my searches, I haven't been convinced that I'm rellated to any of the Montgomery Co Dycus' Certainly wish I could find a connection though. My line came from the area of Rutherford Co, NC I'm told from England and before that Holland. My line moved into the Hickman and Maury Co, Tn areas around 1808. So most of the locating I have been able to prove is in Maury or Lewis Co, Tn. My GGrandfather Dycus and his brother Edward moved from Maury Co to Madison Co and then on to Dyer Co, Tn around the turn of the century. I did have one brother of my GGrandfather who just totally disappeared after the 1880 census of Maury Co and possibly went to KY. His name was John L and he was married to Mary Durham of Maury Co. Well I don't want to completely bore you. Your John Dycus could have possibly been a sibling to my GGGGrandfather Edward who was the one who came into Hickman Co in 1808. I really don't know of a way to verify that though. I've been thru wills, estate settlements etc at the archives and haven't found anything yet to verify that Edward is my GGGGrandfather. Joshua was my GGGrandfather and that's the first one that I can positively say is mine. David Dycus _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]