In a message dated 7/14/2002 11:09:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, OHPERRY-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > I've been watching with interest the many, many surnames that have been > mentioned with the Roll Call that is going on now. Why is it that no > one is researching the McLaughlin family line? Jesse & Phoebe > McLaughlin to be exact. > > Well, I'm sure none of you have the answer to that question. Just wish > I could get some help like a lot of you have been getting. > So, that you don't feel neglected, unloved, unnoticed, etc. I just want Lois to know that I have been waiting on the outskirts of this forum for well nigh onto 4 years now, and, as of yet, I have not found any Petty researchers who have leapt forth w/ help w/re to my Joseph PETTY who was one of the original Perry Co. settlers in 1808. However, I remain steadfast in my hopes that someday, somewhere, someone will come creeping from the outer reaches of this website and surprise me w/ genuine research and I will, no doubt, die of a heart attack and never get to enjoy it! Marjory PETTY Austen , a loyal Perry Co. daughter!