My dad's family(parker) back to England circa William of Normandy or close am a descendant of John of Gaunt(illegit). My mother's family(linke/link) unfortunately all trace back to Germany and with all the witch hunts and executions only go back to the 1690's. It really depends on which surname I pick, my whitson name goes back to Colonial Va. My Freeland name back to Colonial NC. I belong to the DAR, Daughters of the Confederacy and the IBSSG, and have a Hessian soldier who might have shot at one of his distant cousins during the war, one branch spelled their name Linke, one Link, one from Germany one from England. fuzzy-brandy-butter-elf Proud member of the IBSSG --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page � Try My Yahoo!