This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YYB.2ACI/1835.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The books don't provide a source for the McCarty name, nor as much info as I would like on the McCarty's, but there is some good info there. The head count for Alexander's kids is 8 by my count: Hannah, Hiram, Eli, Isaac, Ames, Aaron, Rebecca, and Moses. The Thompson's Historical Collections can be difficult to get a copy of. Most of the info you want is probably in the first volume (two volume set), which was the more difficult of the two for me to aquire. Sometimes the Adams County Genelogical Society(ACGS) will have these in print. I would recommend checking with them. If they don't have them in print, they will have a copy in their collection you can visit and examine. To truely make these books useful though, you're going to need the index to them that was developed by the ACGS - you can purchase the indexes from them for a small fee. If you've never been to visit the ACGS, I'd highly recommend it. They have a number of very useful resources.