Hi Kevin, Glad to know you received it! Have fun going through all that stuff <g>! I, for one, am more than willing to try and find out more information on Jonathan's ancestors in England, but I'd also like for us to tear down some of the list members brick walls - Bev's Thomas, Cheryl's Asa, Joann's Silas, etc. And, how about connecting the 'Southern' Rudds with the 'Northern'? With the great bunch of folks we have on this mail list, we may just accomplish all of these goals! A thought: Those list members who are hitting their heads against a brick wall - why not re-post all the information you can about that Rudd ancestor who is causing you so much trouble? It never hurts to remind the rest of us, so we can be on the lookout for information. All the best, Celia At 9:07 AM -0500 8/6/98, Kevin K. Stephenson wrote: > Celia-- > I've checked in 'late' regarding your package which I received a couple of >days ago. WWWWWOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!! > I would never have imagined that I would ever have had access to all of >this! >I was stuck in Joliet, Illinois on the Rudd line until you and Joann broke it >open for me!! As unhelpful as the folks are at the county records office in >Joliet, I'd have never gotten anywhere, but you guys saved the day! > I will be reading and enjoying this for quite a while. Let me know how >much >money you need for additional costs. (Are they still letting you use the >photocopier, after all this????) <<<big grin>>> > One thing I've noticed already, which is rather interesting. Several of the >English references to the Rudds centered around an area called Westmorland. > This is the same area where my Stephenson ancestry originated! It's no >longer >called that, it's now called Cumbria, and it is located in the northern >part of >the country, up towards the Scottish border. My Stephenson line lived up >around >Lake Windermere, and my great-great-grandfather was a sailor, probably as a >result of sailing/ fishing on that lake. > If we can solidly determine which line Jonathan came from in England, >I can >probably help dig further back, because I already have contacts over >there. Of >course, Randy (aka Eaglecod) can also pitch in. Anybody wanna go back >further???? > >Kevin K. Stephenson >1600 Kentucky St. #2 >Lawrence, KS 66044 >(785)865-1586 >Data/Fax:(785)865-1586 >e-mail: [email protected] >website: http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~kevin2/homepage.html