To Lora, Leigh, and Phyllis: After reading Lora's note regarding Kemp's book omitting the Giles Co, VA line of Lucas's I thought I'd let everyone know how the book is organized. Kemp's book is 495 pages, so I can see her stopping at some point. But, on the other hand she does mention a couple of other Lucas branches that she does NOT connect to the main Lucas family of which the book is devoted to. Chapter 1 devotes a considerable amount of time to the England Lucas's of Little Saxham, Suffolk Co trying to connect Thomas Lucas, planter, b ca 1650 of Prince George Co, Md. There is a strong indication that this is the correct England family but there is no proof of any kind, just speculation. She has five pages on Various Lucas Families of America (CH 2). She has three pages on Lucas Family of Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas (CH 3). She has two pages on a Lucas line from Germany (CH 4) that she calls the Lucas Family of Cass County, Illinois. And the remaining chapters are on the descendants of Thomas first mentioned. I'm not sure why Ms. Kemp would leave out ANY of her research, no matter how big the book got. One suggestion is to find someone who knows her children or grandchildren, and ask them if Ms. Kemp handed down all of her research to any family members. Sometimes family donates the material to a Library. Just a shot in the dark. I'll keep all the Giles Co, VA e-mail just in case I run across a comment regarding Giles Co in the book. Eric A. Johnson Anaheim, CA varnivarni@aol.com