So everyone knows, I unsubscribed him. List Maintainer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Everett" <jever@tstar.net> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 7:14 AM Subject: Re: [SC] Advice needed > please remove me from your address book - deceased

SC-Genealogy-L-request@rootsweb.com If you haven't already done so, this address is the one to subscribe, as well as to unsubscribe. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ruthsperch@aol.com> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [SC] Advice needed >I don't think responding directly to the board will get you removed. > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > Best Website around for South Carolina SCGenWeb - South Carolina Genealogy > research > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3837/ > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

Write a NEW email....and address it as follows: SC-Genealogy-L-request@rootsweb.com Subject: Unsubscribe Message body [if required] unsubscribe This works with ALL of the rootsweb lists...just change the "SC-Genealogy" to whatever the list name is, and repeat. My sincerest condolences...for the loss of Joe Everett, Lisa Grimes List owner/manager for GRIMES, HERRINGTON and ROSSER ================================ -----Original Message----- From: Joe Everett [mailto:jever@tstar.net] Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 7:15 AM To: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SC] Advice needed please remove me from your address book - deceased ----- Original Message ----- ______________________________ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/162 - Release Date: 11/5/2005

I don't think responding directly to the board will get you removed.

Rootsweb has mailing lists for many of the genealogy software programs, including FTM and FTM Help. _http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/_ (http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/) FTM also has links to message boards where you can post a question. _http://familytreemaker.com/help/default.aspx_ (http://familytreemaker.com/help/default.aspx)

In a message dated 11/6/05 10:14:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, jever@tstar.net writes: please remove me from your address book - deceased It doesn't work this way. You must go to the rootsweb site and unsubscribe. That is the only way to make this happen.

please remove me from your address book - deceased ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dover2@aol.com> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 7:28 PM Subject: [SC] Advice needed > Does a FAMILY TREE MAKER system have some kind of retrievable or recycle > bin? > I cleared out a group of genealogical records today, hastily. Because > the > info on the front of the record was in doubt. I forgot about the various > NOTES I had accumulated on some of the records. > > Thanks > > Dover > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > If you are leaving your current ISP, please unsubscribe! > Digest SC-Genealogy-D-request@rootsweb.com > List SC-Genealogy-L-request@rootsweb.com > only one word in body of message UNSUBSCRIBE > No signature/No nothing! > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

please remove me from your address book - deceased ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lorlauvan@aol.com> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 7:33 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Advice needed > > In a message dated 11/5/2005 6:29:23 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > Dover2@aol.com writes: > > Does a FAMILY TREE MAKER system have some kind of retrievable or recycle > bin? > I cleared out a group of genealogical records today, hastily. Because > the > info on the front of the record was in doubt. I forgot about the > various > NOTES I had accumulated on some of the records. > > > > > Family Tree Maker makes backup copies, and they are stored on your > computer > too. Check to see if you have a backup copy of the file in question. I > hope > you do. Good luck! > > LV > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > South Carolina GenForum Page > http://genforum.genealogy.com/sc/ > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

please remove me from your address book - deceased ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce G. Reece" <jgreece@earthlink.net> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Advice needed > Look in windows recycle bin > Joyce Gaston Reece > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lorlauvan@aol.com > To: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:33 PM > Subject: Re: [SC] Advice needed > > > > In a message dated 11/5/2005 6:29:23 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > Dover2@aol.com writes: > > Does a FAMILY TREE MAKER system have some kind of retrievable or recycle > bin? > I cleared out a group of genealogical records today, hastily. Because > the > info on the front of the record was in doubt. I forgot about the > various > NOTES I had accumulated on some of the records. > > > > > Family Tree Maker makes backup copies, and they are stored on your > computer > too. Check to see if you have a backup copy of the file in question. I > hope > you do. Good luck! > > LV > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > South Carolina GenForum Page > http://genforum.genealogy.com/sc/ > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > Virus warnings are not welcome on this list. > Remember when writing a query, to always put in DATES & LOCATIONS > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

please remove me from your address book - deceased ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dover2@aol.com> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Advice needed > In a message dated 11/5/2005 5:33:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, > Lorlauvan@aol.com writes: > Family Tree Maker makes backup copies, and they are stored on your > computer > too. Check to see if you have a backup copy of the file in question. I > hope > you do. Good luck! > > LV > Even if I, a poor computer type, knew how to use the backup file, wouldn't > I > have destroyed both the official and the backup system? > > Thank you for your help. > > Harold Fisher > Yazoo City, Mississippi > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > South Carolina GenForum Page > http://genforum.genealogy.com/sc/ > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

please remove me from your address book -deceased ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Hendricks" <Herb_316@msn.com> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Advice needed > 1. Have you looked in your recycle bin? > > 2. The files are still on your hard drive unless you have re-formatted it. > > 3. For $29.99 you can purchase from Best Buy a software program called > "Search and Recover 2" which will instantly recover deleted data. Just put > the CD in your reader, install and follow instructions. > > God Bless. > Herb Hendricks > Retired NASA Physicist > Herb_316@MSN.com<mailto:Herb_316@MSN.com> > 1210 Long Meadow DR > Lynchburg, VA 24502 > 434 832 7246 > Major/Smith/Hendricks > http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendrickson/<http://www.familytreednacom/public/hendrickson/> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dover2@aol.com<mailto:Dover2@aol.com> > To: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 9:21 PM > Subject: Re: [SC] Advice needed > > > In a message dated 11/5/2005 5:33:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, > Lorlauvan@aol.com<mailto:Lorlauvan@aol.com> writes: > Family Tree Maker makes backup copies, and they are stored on your > computer > too. Check to see if you have a backup copy of the file in question. I > hope > you do. Good luck! > > LV > Even if I, a poor computer type, knew how to use the backup file, > wouldn't I > have destroyed both the official and the backup system? > > Thank you for your help. > > Harold Fisher > Yazoo City, Mississippi > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > South Carolina GenForum Page > http://genforum.genealogy.com/sc/<http://genforum.genealogy.com/sc/> > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx> > > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > To contact the list maintainer > SC-Genealogy-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

please remove me from your address book - deceased ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lorlauvan@aol.com> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Advice needed > > In a message dated 11/5/2005 7:22:14 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > Dover2@aol.com writes: > > Even if I, a poor computer type, knew how to use the backup file, > wouldn't I > have destroyed both the official and the backup system? > > > > Not necessarily since they are separate files. The file itself shows up > as > blue while the backup file is red. If you click on the red file in > question > it should help you open it. When you have opened it, you have the > original > file back as good as new! Look in your FTW files and see if you find it. > > LV > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > South Carolina Resources Available at RootsWeb! > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/SC.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

In a message dated 11/5/2005 7:22:14 PM US Mountain Standard Time, Dover2@aol.com writes: Even if I, a poor computer type, knew how to use the backup file, wouldn't I have destroyed both the official and the backup system? Not necessarily since they are separate files. The file itself shows up as blue while the backup file is red. If you click on the red file in question it should help you open it. When you have opened it, you have the original file back as good as new! Look in your FTW files and see if you find it. LV

1. Have you looked in your recycle bin? 2. The files are still on your hard drive unless you have re-formatted it. 3. For $29.99 you can purchase from Best Buy a software program called "Search and Recover 2" which will instantly recover deleted data. Just put the CD in your reader, install and follow instructions. God Bless. Herb Hendricks Retired NASA Physicist Herb_316@MSN.com<mailto:Herb_316@MSN.com> 1210 Long Meadow DR Lynchburg, VA 24502 434 832 7246 Major/Smith/Hendricks http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendrickson/<http://www.familytreednacom/public/hendrickson/> ----- Original Message ----- From: Dover2@aol.com<mailto:Dover2@aol.com> To: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Advice needed In a message dated 11/5/2005 5:33:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, Lorlauvan@aol.com<mailto:Lorlauvan@aol.com> writes: Family Tree Maker makes backup copies, and they are stored on your computer too. Check to see if you have a backup copy of the file in question. I hope you do. Good luck! LV Even if I, a poor computer type, knew how to use the backup file, wouldn't I have destroyed both the official and the backup system? Thank you for your help. Harold Fisher Yazoo City, Mississippi ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== South Carolina GenForum Page http://genforum.genealogy.com/sc/<http://genforum.genealogy.com/sc/> ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx>

In a message dated 11/5/2005 5:33:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, Lorlauvan@aol.com writes: Family Tree Maker makes backup copies, and they are stored on your computer too. Check to see if you have a backup copy of the file in question. I hope you do. Good luck! LV Even if I, a poor computer type, knew how to use the backup file, wouldn't I have destroyed both the official and the backup system? Thank you for your help. Harold Fisher Yazoo City, Mississippi

Look in windows recycle bin Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorlauvan@aol.com To: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Advice needed In a message dated 11/5/2005 6:29:23 PM US Mountain Standard Time, Dover2@aol.com writes: Does a FAMILY TREE MAKER system have some kind of retrievable or recycle bin? I cleared out a group of genealogical records today, hastily. Because the info on the front of the record was in doubt. I forgot about the various NOTES I had accumulated on some of the records. Family Tree Maker makes backup copies, and they are stored on your computer too. Check to see if you have a backup copy of the file in question. I hope you do. Good luck! LV ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== South Carolina GenForum Page http://genforum.genealogy.com/sc/ ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

In a message dated 11/5/2005 6:29:23 PM US Mountain Standard Time, Dover2@aol.com writes: Does a FAMILY TREE MAKER system have some kind of retrievable or recycle bin? I cleared out a group of genealogical records today, hastily. Because the info on the front of the record was in doubt. I forgot about the various NOTES I had accumulated on some of the records. Family Tree Maker makes backup copies, and they are stored on your computer too. Check to see if you have a backup copy of the file in question. I hope you do. Good luck! LV

Does a FAMILY TREE MAKER system have some kind of retrievable or recycle bin? I cleared out a group of genealogical records today, hastily. Because the info on the front of the record was in doubt. I forgot about the various NOTES I had accumulated on some of the records. Thanks Dover

Joe Everett please tell me the heritage of the Everett name. I had an great uncle named James Everett Turner. Thanks, Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Everett" <jever@tstar.net> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 6:42 PM Subject: Re: [SC] DUKE, DOUGHERTY, AND MANY OTHER SURNAMES!! > please remove me from your address book - Deceased > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "thehornguy" <thehornguy@bellsouth.net> > To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 5:06 PM > Subject: [SC] DUKE, DOUGHERTY, AND MANY OTHER SURNAMES!! > > > > > > > > Hello, all Isle of Wight searchers, DUKE family students, and other > > Virginia 'experts'! And thanks to all for reading this, and considering > > the possibilities!! > > > > This is another post about some folks who may (or may not) be a part of > > my family tree. One astute student says this is likely to be the 'lost' > > family group to which my oldest known relative in the DUKE line may > > belong. I hope that the info we find, with your help, will be of > > assistance to me in the proof of this idea. > > > > The family names mentioned are as follows: > > DUKE, SHERRARD, VINSON, DAUGHTRY, BODDIE, PEATE, PEALE, RUFFIN, BRIDGERS, > > CARTER, LASSITER, HAYES, CAMPBELL, HOWELL, GATLING, FUTRELL, and BRYAN. > > > > First, the will of William BRIDGERS was probated on April 23, 1763, in an > > office (or by an officer) of an office in the Isle of Wight county area. > > > > Heirs (a paraphrased version, here) were; including beloved wife Rachel > > (missing surname) BRIDGERS, sons William BRIDGERS, John BRIDGERS and > > Willis BRIDGERS, and daughter Elizabeth BRIDGERS. > > Executors are wife, Rachel BRIDGERS, William RUFFIN, John DUKE and > > Richard PEATE. > > Witnesses were Willis BODDIE, Morris PEALE and Sarah (no maiden surname) > > RUFFIN. > > > > That was the first of four wills to be probated. The next was that of > > Thomas VINSON, which was probated in February, 1764, in the same vicinity. > > Heirs are sons, John VINSON, Thomas VINSON (Jr.?), William VINSON, Jesse > > VINSON, James VINSON, David VINSON and daughters, Charity (VINSON) CARTER, > > Susanna (VINSON) MORGAN, Sarah (VINSON) FULLER and Isabel (VINSON) DUKE, > > and beloved wife, Isobel (missing surname) VINSON. > > Executors were David VINSON and James VINSON. > > Witnesses were James LASSITER, Thomas HAYES and Robert DUKE. > > > > A third will was probated in the February court in 1767, for the estate > > of Robert DUKE. > > Heirs were beloved wife Isabel (VINSON) DUKE and sons, Robert DUKE, > > William DUKE, Samuel DUKE, Benjamin DUKE, Joseph DUKE, John DUKE and James > > DUKE, and daughters Rachel DUKE and (name obliterated) DUKE, Elizabeth > > (DUKE) FULTON, (name obliterated) DUKE and Mille DUKE. > > Executors were wife Isabel DUKE and son Robert DUKE. > > Witnesses were Thomas RESPESS and Sigmond SUMMERSIL. > > > > The fourth and last will in this message was probated in June 1784, also > > in the Isle of Wight area. > > The deceased was Joshua DAUGHTRY, and the heirs were wife Elizabeth (no > > surname) DAUGHTRY, and daughters Lucretia (DAUGHTRY) CAMPBELL (wife of > > William CAMPBELL), (no name given) DAUGHTRY HOWELL (wife of Stephen > > HOWELL), Mary (DAUGHTRY) FUTRELL (wife of John FUTRELL), and sons Elijah > > DAUGHTRY and Elisha DAUGHTRY, and grand-daughters Elizabeth GATLING and > > Anne GATLING. > > Executors were wife Elizabeth (??) DAUGHTRY and James VINSON. > > Witnesses were James VINSON, Henry VINSON, William BRYAN and Clarky > > BRYAN. > > > > Finally, now, to the questions which I wish to pose!! > > > > Robert DUKE, the deceased in the third will, had a son named Robert. > > The final location where this son lived out his life is the infomation I > > seek. I am told that he made no records of land transactions or other > > property acquisitions in either VA or NC. > > > > Can anyone with a 'bent' for working puzzles come up with any records > > which tie any man named Robert DUKE to this line of the family, after the > > settlement of the deceased Robert's will?? > > > > As a challenge, this is more than my meager expertise can deal with!! > > But there are probably some out there who can see this as a good and > > satisfactory and exciting puzzle to solve!! > > > > Here are some leading (or mis-leading) clues for you to study. > > > > In SC, in ca. 1750-'80, in the Camden/Fairfield/Kershaw area, there was a > > Robert DUKE, whose wife was Nancy (UNKNOWN). They had a son Thomas, and > > others. > > The wife of Thomas was Mary DOUGHERTY, possibly a member of that DAUGHTRY > > (?) family?? > > There is little else that might be a match, but you can see this Thomas > > and his family at http://home.att.net/~ztlcox/ , and go to the DUKE > > Family pages, there. > > > > Thomas's father, Robert DUKE, in my oldest known ancestor, and I seek to > > learn the name of his father if at all possible. > > Nothing in the records of SC reveals the name I seek, so far as I have > > learned. > > If the man who was an executor in 1767 in the earlier Robert DUKE's will > > is the same man as 'my' Robert in SC, I am unable to verify that point, > > and need someone with great 'savvy' to help!! > > > > Any takers?? Thanks in advance!! Joe DUKE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > > > > > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > > If you are leaving your current ISP, please unsubscribe! > > Digest SC-Genealogy-D-request@rootsweb.com > > List SC-Genealogy-L-request@rootsweb.com > > only one word in body of message UNSUBSCRIBE > > No signature/No nothing! > > > > ============================== > > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > Virus warnings are not welcome on this list. > Remember when writing a query, to always put in DATES & LOCATIONS > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Hello, all Isle of Wight searchers, DUKE family students, and other Virginia 'experts'! And thanks to all for reading this, and considering the possibilities!! This is another post about some folks who may (or may not) be a part of my family tree. One astute student says this is likely to be the 'lost' family group to which my oldest known relative in the DUKE line may belong. I hope that the info we find, with your help, will be of assistance to me in the proof of this idea. The family names mentioned are as follows: DUKE, SHERRARD, VINSON, DAUGHTRY, BODDIE, PEATE, PEALE, RUFFIN, BRIDGERS, CARTER, LASSITER, HAYES, CAMPBELL, HOWELL, GATLING, FUTRELL, and BRYAN. First, the will of William BRIDGERS was probated on April 23, 1763, in an office (or by an officer) of an office in the Isle of Wight county area. Heirs (a paraphrased version, here) were; including beloved wife Rachel (missing surname) BRIDGERS, sons William BRIDGERS, John BRIDGERS and Willis BRIDGERS, and daughter Elizabeth BRIDGERS. Executors are wife, Rachel BRIDGERS, William RUFFIN, John DUKE and Richard PEATE. Witnesses were Willis BODDIE, Morris PEALE and Sarah (no maiden surname) RUFFIN. That was the first of four wills to be probated. The next was that of Thomas VINSON, which was probated in February, 1764, in the same vicinity. Heirs are sons, John VINSON, Thomas VINSON (Jr.?), William VINSON, Jesse VINSON, James VINSON, David VINSON and daughters, Charity (VINSON) CARTER, Susanna (VINSON) MORGAN, Sarah (VINSON) FULLER and Isabel (VINSON) DUKE, and beloved wife, Isobel (missing surname) VINSON. Executors were David VINSON and James VINSON. Witnesses were James LASSITER, Thomas HAYES and Robert DUKE. A third will was probated in the February court in 1767, for the estate of Robert DUKE. Heirs were beloved wife Isabel (VINSON) DUKE and sons, Robert DUKE, William DUKE, Samuel DUKE, Benjamin DUKE, Joseph DUKE, John DUKE and James DUKE, and daughters Rachel DUKE and (name obliterated) DUKE, Elizabeth (DUKE) FULTON, (name obliterated) DUKE and Mille DUKE. Executors were wife Isabel DUKE and son Robert DUKE. Witnesses were Thomas RESPESS and Sigmond SUMMERSIL. The fourth and last will in this message was probated in June 1784, also in the Isle of Wight area. The deceased was Joshua DAUGHTRY, and the heirs were wife Elizabeth (no surname) DAUGHTRY, and daughters Lucretia (DAUGHTRY) CAMPBELL (wife of William CAMPBELL), (no name given) DAUGHTRY HOWELL (wife of Stephen HOWELL), Mary (DAUGHTRY) FUTRELL (wife of John FUTRELL), and sons Elijah DAUGHTRY and Elisha DAUGHTRY, and grand-daughters Elizabeth GATLING and Anne GATLING. Executors were wife Elizabeth (??) DAUGHTRY and James VINSON. Witnesses were James VINSON, Henry VINSON, William BRYAN and Clarky BRYAN. Finally, now, to the questions which I wish to pose!! Robert DUKE, the deceased in the third will, had a son named Robert. The final location where this son lived out his life is the infomation I seek. I am told that he made no records of land transactions or other property acquisitions in either VA or NC. Can anyone with a 'bent' for working puzzles come up with any records which tie any man named Robert DUKE to this line of the family, after the settlement of the deceased Robert's will?? As a challenge, this is more than my meager expertise can deal with!! But there are probably some out there who can see this as a good and satisfactory and exciting puzzle to solve!! Here are some leading (or mis-leading) clues for you to study. In SC, in ca. 1750-'80, in the Camden/Fairfield/Kershaw area, there was a Robert DUKE, whose wife was Nancy (UNKNOWN). They had a son Thomas, and others. The wife of Thomas was Mary DOUGHERTY, possibly a member of that DAUGHTRY (?) family?? There is little else that might be a match, but you can see this Thomas and his family at http://home.att.net/~ztlcox/ , and go to the DUKE Family pages, there. Thomas's father, Robert DUKE, in my oldest known ancestor, and I seek to learn the name of his father if at all possible. Nothing in the records of SC reveals the name I seek, so far as I have learned. If the man who was an executor in 1767 in the earlier Robert DUKE's will is the same man as 'my' Robert in SC, I am unable to verify that point, and need someone with great 'savvy' to help!! Any takers?? Thanks in advance!! Joe DUKE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------