This message doesn't have anything to do with my Horry County ancestors but I've had no luck any where else. I promised someone I would try to find out about their ancestors from the Charleston area. Pasted below is everything she told me: __________________________________________________________________ I am looking for the family DesBrosses. They were French Hugenots who, as the story goes, came to NY from Europe. Two or three brothers. One brother stayed in NYC and became a merchant very influential in the revolutionary war. So influential that there is a street named after him. Another brother or brothers went to PA and from there at least one of them sailed down the east coast to Charleston. Legend has it that my ancestor was born on the boat. The family settled in Charleston and one of the children grew up and became a banker and was there during the great Charleston earthquake, but i don't know the year. Another of the children (the one suposedly born on the boat) went to Abbeville, and there married a Thomas woman. I am not sure of all of this. Just family stories. However, in 1914, my great grandmother's first cousin went to Charleston and got information as to their great grandfather and Uncle Ben. This first cousin wrote a letter to my g grandmother stating this. However, the name was originally DesBrosses. This cousin used the name DeBrosse. My family used the name Bross. My gg grandfather was named George W. Bross. I think, perhaps, that George's father was named Francis or Francois. Francis being the one born on the boat. I wish I had access to some census records from SC, but apparently none of those are on line yet, and You can only request one at a time for the library to order and I'm not sure of counties and years. ____________________________________________________________________ Unfortunately, Charleston doesn't have it's own list (not that I saw any way). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Nick ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.