Dear Jim: Do you have yet a list of the folks who lived nearby to her or went to church with her in NC yet? Do you have her on the NC US Censuses at all? Make sure that census is not in alpha order, some were later done that way and if it is not in alpha order it should show you who lived in her sorounding area there in NC. Now see if you can locate these folks back in VA somewhere. Use the old VA court records available online if they have not been moved off. I can't recall the website off hand but I'll bet Audrey can or some of the others. Anyway these can be searched page by page using your edit button on your browser to speed things up a bit. However be sure to search for them using all spelling possiblities known this will bring you greater results. This is how we slowly pieced together the puzzle on at least one of my lines that I track. Back in this time frame folks seem to travel together in numbers...............remember the old time saying "there is safty in numbers" and keep in mind the indian's were at war with the white men during some of these times. Plus your everyday robbers and thugs and such. So this is why I believe a lot of them chose to move at the same time. It was also a great help to each other at that time. Say a man's wife died on the trip leaving him with a housefull of young children prehaps a nursing infant..................................thus the wetnurse comes into play. You can see where it would be very handy for the wellfare of the whole group to travel as a group rather than a single family alone. Also keep checking in NC there are records there. Get into the deed books for that time frame and see if you can see any of your clan signing deeds as witnesses, or buying or selling land. YES I know your line is female..............but she could have signed dower rights on something! What ever you do "don't ever give up" Hope this is of some small help to you. Gail [email protected] [email protected] BUT ALWAYS embracer and always searching! ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Audrey Pool" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SC] Re: Laura - List Manager Audrey Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:33:49 -0700 Also...who did Mary LYLES marry? That will help in locating her. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Re: Laura - List Manager Audrey > I hate you "guys" who have been able to trace your roots back to VA. I have > been able to connect to the Revolutionary time in NC but can't seem to find > anything that leads to anyone coming there. I can't even find the tie between my > Mary Lyles and all the Lyles folks in SC. I keep hoping for a miracle but > those don't come to heal this genealogy disease/illness. > Jim Runnels in Vero Beach FL. > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > To contact the list maintainer > [email protected] > > ============================== > 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 > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== To contact the list maintainer [email protected] ============================== 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 _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/