In a message dated 2/8/00 1:35:38 PM, turniproots@coastalnet.com writes: <<Blackbeard sailed into the waters around Bath, and isn't that where the Hardy's are thought to have been "imported" ?>> Hi Trish, I'm not saying that it didn't happen but that they MAY have come overland. Does anyone know if those who were imported actually were ever physically in Bath or was Bath a "district" in which these records were recorded and perhaps kept? Bebe