I am hitting a lead brick wall on tracing my ggg grandfathers ancestry. His name was James Rose and he owned land in Northampton County. In his will, his name was listed as "James Rows". James died in 1825. I do not know when or where he was born or the names of his parents. I highly suspect that he lived in Bertie County before it was renamed Northampton County. My problem is that the Roses were extremely poor spellers!!! There are Roads, Roades,etc. listed in Bertie County records. I think that James Rose's father may have been a Henry Rose or a Thomas Rose whose names are incorrectly spelled in these old records. Please help me find my way among the many thorns in tracing my Rose family line back to Kilravock Scotland. Thank you. --- Randolph Rose --- regnbetsy@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.