Hope someone else can also help this ladt new to Genealogy. I find maybe she is connected to my own Rooks in N C as they were there same time my incomplete Rooks line was there. I also have Butler's in OH. Maxine willma@sprynet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Ibott63@aol.com To: willma@sprynet.com Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 11:28 AM Subject: Butler/Rooks genealogy Hello Maxine, I found your address on the Rooks Archives for the Rooks mailing list. My name is Irene Butler Mott,I live in Massachusetts, and I'm a former lst Grade teacher who has started genealogy research as my retirement project. I read many references to you and your wealth of knowedge on the archives website. So I hoped if I contacted you and told you what I know about my line, you might be able to share some information or point me in the right direction. My Dad's father was James Grant Butler (b. 1870 Gates,N.C. died 1943, Boston, Mass.). His family ties were always a mystery as there was no contact with the family line in N.C. After my own father (James' son Edward) died, I found information in his things and learned that my grandfather James Grant had married Annie McGowan in Boston after coming here while working on the railroad. I obtained a copy of their marriage certificate (Oct. 1900) from Boston, Mass. City Hall and then learned that James' parents were Mary Ann Rooks and Thomas Butler (b. circa 1825 Hertford County, N.C.). Then I started going on the Gates,Hertford, Butler, and Rooks message boards and archives. I've been in contact with other people researching the Butler line. I've learned that Mary Ann Rooks was the daughter of David and Polly Rooks. AND that Thomas Butler was one of three step brothers....also David and John Patrick Butler. They all had different fathers and mother was a Mary Butler from Hert! ford County, NC who we think was born in 1805. These three Butler brothers all married Rooks sisters! My Thomas to Mary Ann Rooks, Oct. 16, 1856; David to Nancy Hall Rooks, and John Patrick to Margaret Elizabeth Rooks. Have you ever found any information on this Butler/Rooks line? Any advice for me? Thank you for your time. Irene e mail ibott63@aol.com