Mike, Thank you for your very informative email. Could you tell us the title of this book by Flora Boque Deming? There is a slight possibility someone in the group has access to it for look ups, or perhaps it may be available at a library out there somewhere. Bob Phillips Columbus, Ohio MMoore8425@aol.com wrote: > The data used for the claim to be descended from Michael Phillips was based on data researched by the late Flora Bogue Deming and her fine book published in 1944 and substantiated by other books. > If you follow her book, you will discover she actually moved to the > ancestral areas where she was doing research. (We sure would like to find her research source data!). She also had a healthy skepticism and would not claim things which she could not confirm. Flora believed, for instance, that she was descended from Edward Fuller of > the Mayflower, but would not claim it because of a questionable link. We were recently able to confirm that link to the satisfaction of the Mayflower Society. I mention this because I would be cautious before I cast aside Flora's lifetime of diligent research as that of an "amateur genealogist." She dedicated her life and her wealth to research into her Bogue and Phillips families. And she did it the hard way-no computers. > > Best regards, Mike Moore