I would like to agree with Herbert. Although the Andrea files are a wonderful tool, they must be used as a starting point for research. Please do not accept what they say without further research. I am very grateful to Mr. Andrea for doing some research on the Hall family. But much of it contains conclusions based on very little. Much of it is what he was sent by others, and much of this is incorrect. The records are very worthwhile reading as long as we know that we must prove our line. Which is the way it should be anyway. As long as we prove each step as we go, we will do just fine. Some of the Hall information has been proven wrong, some has been proven doubtful, but this information is still circulated on the internet as facts. The Leonardo Andrea records have been microfilmed and are available in some genealogy libraries. They are available on microfilm in Clayton Library in Houston. I have also seen sites on the internet that list every name he has information on. If interested one can do a Google search and find them easily. This will only be an index. Wynell >______________________________ >X-Message: #1 >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 12:33:26 -0500 >From: "Herbert Hendricks" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] > >Dear All, > >I would add a caution to using the Leonardo Files for the Hendricks >and Major families of SC. There are numerous conclusions that are >not valid as not much research was done on these lines out of SC. > >Leonardo Andrea's work for Mary Lee Robbins of Longview, Texas is >a good example of drawing conclusions without researching Virginia >Data. This data is readily available to day to conclude the lines of >the Major family back into Virgina are incorrect. > >A good source for Hendricks Families is Frontier Hendricks I & II, >the Pamunkey Hendrick and the Albermarle Hendricks by Dr. John Scott >Davenport. > > >HerbHendricks >[email protected] > _________________________________________________________________ Limited-time offer: Fast, reliable MSN 9 Dial-up Internet access FREE for 2 months! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup&pgmarket=en-us&ST=1/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/

Thanks, I looked at the Leonardo Andrea files in The South Carolinia Library. I also corresponded with his sister when I started in the late 1970s. I learned quickly to take everything with a grain of salt. My comment was based on research by the Hendricks Family Organization and my own research in Virginia on the Major where I have lived for the past 41 years. I am a native of Old Pendleton District. Leonardo Andrea passed on to Mary Lee Robbins (my Hendricks descendant) my grandmother Hendricks family records without much if any credit. That was about all he got right on the Hendricks. If you search Hendricks another good file in the South Carolinia Libray is one by Emme Odell Bannister a Hendricks descendant from Anderson, SC. HerbHendricks [email protected]

Let me put my 2 cents in on Mr. Andrea's work. I have so appreciated his research on the McClendon/McLendon line. His research was a good tool for my research. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wynell Simpson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 9:11 PM Subject: [SC-OPD] RE: SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-D Digest V04 #89 > I would like to agree with Herbert. Although the Andrea files are a > wonderful tool, they must be used as a starting point for research. Please > do not accept what they say without further research. > > I am very grateful to Mr. Andrea for doing some research on the Hall family. > But much of it contains conclusions based on very little. Much of it is what > he was sent by others, and much of this is incorrect. > > The records are very worthwhile reading as long as we know that we must > prove our line. Which is the way it should be anyway. As long as we prove > each step as we go, we will do just fine. > > Some of the Hall information has been proven wrong, some has been proven > doubtful, but this information is still circulated on the internet as facts. > > The Leonardo Andrea records have been microfilmed and are available in some > genealogy libraries. They are available on microfilm in Clayton Library in > Houston. > > I have also seen sites on the internet that list every name he has > information on. If interested one can do a Google search and find them > easily. This will only be an index. > > Wynell > > >______________________________ > >X-Message: #1 > >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 12:33:26 -0500 > >From: "Herbert Hendricks" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > > > >Dear All, > > > >I would add a caution to using the Leonardo Files for the Hendricks > >and Major families of SC. There are numerous conclusions that are > >not valid as not much research was done on these lines out of SC. > > > >Leonardo Andrea's work for Mary Lee Robbins of Longview, Texas is > >a good example of drawing conclusions without researching Virginia > >Data. This data is readily available to day to conclude the lines of > >the Major family back into Virgina are incorrect. > > > >A good source for Hendricks Families is Frontier Hendricks I & II, > >the Pamunkey Hendrick and the Albermarle Hendricks by Dr. John Scott > >Davenport. > > > > > >HerbHendricks > >[email protected] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Limited-time offer: Fast, reliable MSN 9 Dial-up Internet access FREE for 2 > months! > http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup&pgmarket=en-us&ST=1/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Want to search for a surname in RootsWeb archives > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >