I got this off another list. It ia a neat site Marlys It is my understanding that you could be disowned for marrying out of the Quaker Faith, assisting the military (even giving them blankets). If you Google "Quaker terminology" there are many links. Here is one that explains abbreviations in Quaker record books. http://home.att.net/~Pendroy/qkrterms.html disowned = dis Rebecca James Chatham, NY ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== please visit the Chester Co rootsweb site...it is full of area photos, helpful URLs and lots of county information http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ Visit the archives for this list to view old postings http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=PA-OLD-CHESTER If you have ANY problems, do not send them to the list contact me personally....list manager ferg@ntelos.net NO VIRUS WARNINGSif you post any you will be unsubscribed...instead contact me personally with any concerns ferg@ntelos.net ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237