This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: white searl searles searle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FO.2ADI/161.3.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Laurel, Hi-- glad to hear from you. We have not checked the records in Greenup County. We did visit Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH (across the river from Greenup County) last June 2002, spending several days in the library there as well as visiting gravesites. Unfortunately other commitments made itimpossible for us to spend more time to cross over to Greenup County. There has been a lot of work done on Abel White - perhaps you've already seen much of it, or at least mentioned. In case you haven't you might want to visit my webpage (www.ciurlionis.net/varis) where for at least a short time I have posted Adobe Acrobat files of all the articles we've been able to locate to date. Charles Ullrich ("Ullrich and Birchler Families of Louisville" on Ancestry.com) also seems to have a pretty complete record of Abel's family, but it appears to me to show a little variation on the information I have on Abel- namely that he was born abt. 1747 in Norton, Mass. We have him born abt. 1758 in New Hampshire. I'm not certain which is correct. Haven't reviewed all the info much since last summer, so its a bit fuzzy right now. I do have a couple of files from the Ullriches-- a text file with their Ahnentafel to Abel White, and a GEDCOM. You can email me and I'll send them to you. We also just bought several of the histories and gazeteers of Steuben County, NY where Abel White was one of the founding pioneers. I will try in the next week or so to save the relevant pages or texts and add them to the links on my webpage. The thing there (Steuben Co) is that several other Whites were there, so I was hoping that one of them might have a probate or some other kind of records indicating children, parents or other info. As far as this being a worthless endeavor? I wouldn't say that, however there appears to have been a lot of research done by folks/genealogists a lot more gifted than I. So I am not absolutely sure which are the stones that may have not been turned-- that is, what the avenues are that have been exhausted and where the questions remain. Can't tellyou what the CT historian will say-- at least read the articles on my webpage first if you haven't. It would be an adventure wouldn't it, to spend unlimited time diving into all of this! As it is now, we want to visit New York to dig around a bit, and also eventually get back to Greenup County and a few places in Virginia, to see what we can find. If you go there and have a laptop, I'd advise picking up and bringing a compact scanner such as the Canon Canoscan with you-- they cost under $70. Be sure to spend some time in the Greenup County libraries and courthouse. If you locate any hard copies of things interesting such as articles, probates etc., I'd appreciate getting copies, and also just hearing about the adventure. Definitely take a digital camera with you and grab photos of the headstones that you might find. I'll dig around a bit to see if we have the info on where Abel and Seth are buried. It might also be in one of the articles I save on my webpages. Please keep us informed. Also would love to see what info you have. Drop us a line at our email. vic@psu-xa.org Take care Laurel. Vic