This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HKB.2ACI/2075.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm sorry to be tardy in getting back to you. I have been transcribing a civil war soldier's diary and I was pushing to get it finished. According to RootsWeb.com's Family Trees, Alfred Freeman's father was George Kidd. On RootsWeb.com National Archives, click on Search Family Trees, then do advanced search and enter Alfred Freeman b. 1806 in NC. Good Luck, Nolan