Excellent Michael: Yes, that would be wonderful to say the least. pat cw In a message dated 9/15/2008 5:06:36 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Perhaps I can provide some insight as to how George Mills of Jamaica, Long Island became associated with the George Mills of Levanham, England. Let me first say that Levanham is located about 75 miles North East of London England in Suffolk County. Levanham is approximately 5 to 8 miles from Cratfield, England which is where my 10th Grandfather, William Mills was born and migrated from in 1651. After reviewing the Church Warden's records for Cratfield Parish for the years 1640 to 1660, I learned that there was a George Mills who lived in the area and who was excommunicated from the Church of England in 1585 as he spoke out about the fact that the Parish Priests were not conducting their duties like Anglicans, but instead were conducting themselves more like Catholics. In Georges view the Priests were liberal in their dispensations and this he deemed to be a great sin against the church. The clergy exacted their revenge by having George excommunicated. I will need to go back and review the references in the records and get back to you all at later date. Suffice to say that this George Mills was no doubt a Great Grandfather or Great, Great Uncle to William Mills the Progenitor of the Southern Maryland Mills line. The Church Warden's records are available online and are worth looking at. My understanding is that the Cratfield Parish records date back to as early as 1523 and are the oldest church records in existence in England as they escaped destruction by Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil Wars. As I understand from a woman whose name eludes me at the moment and who is the Cratfield, Parish Historian, their is a family of Mills who continue to reside in the Levanham / Cratfield area and according to her the family dates back to more than 350 years in the area. Again, no doubt or at least I hope no doubt this Mills family is descended from my Mills line. As a point of future reference to all concerned, it is my hope to travel to Cratfield, England in 2010 and to look up this family of Mills and hopefully convince on of the male members to take contribute to the FTDNA and Y Org Surname Projects with the hope that a match occurs with either my line or other Mills participants including but not limited to Larry Mills ([email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) ) and others from Tennessee and North Carolina who may well be descended from William Mills. **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)