I was hoping to find it online, but HeritageQuest doesn't have it and Google Books only has a portion of it. So, the inter-library loan idea might be your best bet.....Linda On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 4:54 PM, james powell wrote: > Hi Linda, I am James Powell and I am looking to buy Emmett Lucas's > book. > Do you know were I can get one? > James Powell > On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Linda <fredd1907@charter.net> wrote: > >> >> I can tell you on my line it is correct to a point. >> 1. My Eaton is not listed as a son of Aaron who lived in Halifax Co. >> NC. >> Although he did say Aaron had another son that did not grow up to >> maturity. I beg to differ. >> 2. The line is correct back to William Powell married to Elizabeth >> ???. >> This line was living at one time in Isle of Wight Co. VA, but was not >> connected to the Isle of Wight Powells that go back to Thomas Powell >> as >> Lucas states. In fact, this William Powell moved to Isle of Wight Co. >> from Gloucester Co. and his wife's name was Elizabeth Dobson. This >> lines >> up with why I don't match the other Powells who do descend from >> Thomas >> (ya think?) So, just don't take everything in this book as gospel, >> and I >> agree that we have much more available sources than he did when he >> wrote >> this book. >> Linda Garrett >> kit 97957 >> >> On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Keith Giddeon wrote: >> >>> On my line has a lot wrong. Never trust a genealogy book. Use it for >>> clues to help you PROVE YOUR line. >>> >>> Rev. Lucas didn't have the resources we have today. So, he had to do >>> a >>> lot of supposition. Unfortunately, there are way too many people who >>> take his book as Gospel. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2/2/2013 10:49 AM, Deborah Powell wrote: >>>> Dear Powell-DNA members, >>>> >>>> I recently purchased a copy of the Lucas book "Powell Families of >>>> Virginia and the South" which I hope will help with my Powell >>>> family >>>> research. I know that DNA as well as other research since >>>> publication >>>> has proved that some information in the book is incorrect. Does >>>> anyone know for certain which family information in the book is >>>> definitely wrong? I do not want to waste time on researching >>>> family >>>> lines with erroneous information. >>>> >>>> Thanks for any help you can provide. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Debbie Powell >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> POWELL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> POWELL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> POWELL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWELL-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message