I believe that Ida's line goes back to Stephen Pace (son of John & Sarah Burge Pace). A researcher of this line believes that this John Pace (m. Edney Batten in Johnston Co, NC) is another of the illegitimate sons of Stephen Pace. Would a DNA test show that the line is from John & SarahBurge Pace? As opposed to John of Middlesex? By the way, that Zilpha Pace (dtr of John Pace & Edney) married a Garner or Gardner. Betty Pace Date:Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:42:24 -0500 (EST) From:"Gordon W. Pace" <gordonwpace@peoplepc.com> To:PACE-L@rootsweb.com Subject:RE: [PACE-L] Funding needed In regard to the ancestry of Ida Pace Saunders, it appears that her earliest known Pace ancestor was a John Pace who married Edney Batten in Joseph Co, NC in 1821. I have not been able to find who this John Pace was a son of, so the ancestry appears to be undetermined prior to John. But since there was a subsequent illlegitimacy, a DNA test would not be appropriate. GordonW. Pace -----Original Message----- >From: Roy Johnson <royj@webster.edu> >Sent: Dec 26, 2005 10:10 PM >To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [PACE-L] Funding needed > >Please ignore my request for funding. I didn't notice that although the >man's name is Pace, there is an illegitimate birth in his background and >a female breakingthe line. Darlene has been so kind as to point this >out to me. > >Thanks for the offers. > >Roy > >