Carolyn - what do some of those abbreviations mean? Sorry Like "-c-2*"? and the asterisk? and the little "swords"? Mr Morton apparently had a coding system... (PS "swords" = I never could get those ASCII codes to work for me - I'm going to keep trying some day...) -------Original Message------- From: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 13:06:37 To: MDGARRET-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MDGARRET] Spiker I missed the original question---but here is the Morton book info on Spikes in Preston Co. Hope it helps. "History of Pres. Co., WV" Morton SPIKER Michael -m. Mary? Koontz -c-2*: 1. John -Md.* 2. Kate -m. John Foster -O. 3. Henry† -b. 1806, d. 1890 -m. Mary Ross. 4. Barbara -m. Samuel McElroy -O. 5. Sarah -m. Jacob Easterday -O. 6. George† -b. 1811 -m. Nancy DeBerry. 7. Ann -m. John H. Ridenour -O. 8. Samuel -Kas. ==== =;o) Carolyn ==== MDGARRET Mailing List ==== If you need help with this list, make sure to email the list administrator, Carol Hepburn, at chepburn@cox.net.