Eva Thanks for your reply. Were these Raines in North Carolina until ca 1800 then in Ala after that? Baley may have been a uncle as i only know of one brother that his father James had . i have no idea who his grandparents were all i know in on the 1820-1870-census of Ala it shows he was born 1793 in nc.and brother Robert was born 1786 in nc. wish we can connect as i have hit a brick wall on them more Later Dolores ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.