There were lots of Givens in central (W)VA at an early date. Try Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants web site and look at the index for the Don Norman files. Linda In a message dated 3/30/2008 10:43:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com writes: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: we88j4 Surnames: Givens Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties .york/597.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Liz, I'm not sure which branch I can connect to - I am researching a Jacob Givens who was born about 1835-6 in Pennsylvania. He died in Henry county, Illinois in 1869. I suspect he was the son of John and Rebecca Givens of York co. Does any of this sound familiar? Karen Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAYORK ********* Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAYORK Message Board are gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. ************ Visit the York County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~payork/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAYORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15&ncid=aolhom00030000000001)