Might try the Quaker Records. Some of the Hoovers were Quaker. ----- Original Message ----- From: <leoandlinda@provide.net> To: <NCRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [NCRANDOL] Hoover family > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kUB.2ACE/1340.1365.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.4.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I have asked nice people to check Hulda's book for possible Davids and > Jesses, but all turned out to be dead ends. I will hit the Hoover board > and see if someone will check for a possible early Phillip and...... > heavens, I hate to even ask about a Jacob. There were so many! But I > will, with specifics, so they can eliminate <wry grin>. > > I will be getting in contact with Davidson Co county/library/historical > society sources over the coming weekend, when I have the time to check out > their preferred formats and contacts, and can frame concise and specific > queries. > > I have often heard that all the Hoovers in the area were descended from > Andreas, and this may be true in Randolph Co. But even though this > specific area of Davidson Co is 'just across the border' from Randolph, > there are no guarantees that they were connected. May be. May not be. I > have often hoped so, because the line was so well-researched, but after a > batch of years, I suspect that I may not be that lucky. > > There were Hoovers early in a number of counties in the Piedmont of NC, > and there were Hoovers earlier in a number of counties in VA/MD/PA et al. > My Hoovers may have come from one of these lines and places. They may or > may not have been all connected back at the shoreline..... I guess that's > what we get the fun of figuring out <grins>. > > Thanks, LB > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >