Well, also from the family that fathered them! The man in Chatham is Gerald Oldham, at 610 Old Lystra Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, phone 919-933-6644. As he will tell you, Chatham County is full of both black and white Oldhams. I wish somebody would ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 12:21 AM Subject: [OLDHAM] Re: OLDHAM-D Digest V02 #45 > Ross, > There is an African American researching the Oldham line, his > ggrandparents came from KY and they are Oldham's. I don't know who's line > they fall under, but this is very common. Alot of the African American's > took their last name from the people that owned them. Hope this helps some. > > I have an address somewhere, will try to find it for you, he isn't on > the internet but he is an elderly gentelmen in Chatham and you can write to > him and his grandson helps him answer your questions. Just as soon as I go > thru my things I will post his snail mail to you and you can write him with > your questions. > Shelia Oldham Wilburn > > > > ==== OLDHAM Mailing List ==== > Message Boards > Oldham - copies default to our list! > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.oldham > List Manager's address [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >