Hi Debbie....What is the URL for the Mecklenburg Co Library site that you mentioned ? Malinda "Deborah L. Mangen" wrote: > Thank you, Louise. > > I really appreciate your help. It seems the Watsons were in Meck. Co. > really early and had left by 1800. I went through the entire Mecklenburg > Co. Library page on the net last night and read the history links. It was > very interesting and for those who haven't done that, it was very helpful as > far as the timeline and history goes. > > This southern research is really frustrating. I have mostly northern roots > but the few southern lines I have are the hardest to trace. The evidence is > few and far between. I'll keep plugging away. > > Thanks for all the help today and in the past. > > Debbie