Soumd plausible to me. Just an FYI about my records. I have just minimal research on the Thomas line while I was fleshing out info on William Riley Keeth's line. So, I don't have many sources yet. For instance, I show ten year errors in birth dates of the boys outside of Cornelius W. (Uncle Neal) whose is correct. For a while I thought John Thomas had been married prior to Nancy C. Mace, and the wife must have died. So I need to do more research. If you have a good gedcom on his family any chance of firing it my way? I laughed at your handwriting story. That's what I needed to get past my inertia and enroll in my class. Thanks! je .· ´¨¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ Joan Enders -:¦:- -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´* Genealogists never die, they just lose their census!