This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1762.7.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: In my post above "Benjamin MOORE (b 31 Aug 1771 - VA) and the Prior ROPER Family Connection To the CRITCHLOW Family," I studied various alternative Virginia candidates to be Benjamin MOORE's (b 31 Aug 1771 - VA), settling upon a Benjamin ROPER shown in the 1810 U.S. Census then residing in Brunswick, Virginia. Quite separately, I have recently been posting transcriptions of my notes regarding the Brunswick ROPER family. See: "Notes on the ROPER Family from the Brunswick, Virginia, Records" (16 Aug 2014 12:16PM) http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.roper/1939/mb.ashx Within this thread, it emerges that Charles and Ann Goodwyn ROPER's sons David ROPER (b 29 Jun 1742 - Bristol Parish, VA) and William ROPER (b 26 Jun 1753) were residing immediately adjacent to William and Laura Roper MOORE, Benjamin MOORE's parents near Red Oak Creek just South of the Nottoway River. Because ROPER researchers have completely IGNORED the abundant information available about Charles ROPER's family for DECADES, little is actually known about most of Charles ROPER's grandchildren. When one actually begins to investigate ANY of Charles ROPER's children or grandchildren, one quickly finds various migrations in close tandem with cousins and in-laws. The investigation also quickly shatters most of the speculative, whimsical or fraudulent ascriptions purporting to show various other contemporary ROPERs to be related to other families and especially to various COMPLETELY FICTITIOUS ROPER ancestors. This is hardly rocket science. As soon as one ABANDONS the dishonest published data and begins a thorough examination of ANY BRANCH of Charles ROPER's family, it tends to result in the evisceration of decades of irresponsible and dishonest published ascription. This is precisely WHY I have been suggesting to EVERY ROPER shown to be a member of the MUR ROPER family that they need to ABANDON and DISCARD the dishonest published family history and simply do the basic things that honest, competent genealogists do to understand and elaborate their family history. This is done NOT by making speculative ascriptions and moving on without examing ANY of the primary records, but instead by looking record by record at the primary evidence as to EACH person of interest, including SIBLINGS. 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. <br>