Chris-- I hate to sound negative as we all appreciate your efforts, but do you think you could use your Return Key, so as to make your messages better than one long sentence? Such as what I have done to it below. Thanks, Barb Palmer P.S. James, I finally have copies of The Tape of all of the Shuman Cemeteries which was done on my Uncle Ches's 80th birthday in 1991. My two uncles, Bob & Ches, narrate it, and I am having some difficulty getting through it since we have lost both of them, and my mom since then. But it is finally available. Barb cbowen wrote: > Dear James: > I do not have evidence of it but in researching other family members and the Shuman's I have found quite a few Shuman's hanging out in Maryland and marrying in that state. Now geographically this is not all that far from Philadelphia and during this time period alot of people were uncertain whether they were born in Maryland, Pennsylvania or Virginia because of the border disputes between states and the changes in boundaries during that time. But as I said I have found many Shuman marriages in Maryland and it seems to me that these folks our sturdy forefathers traveled alot more than I do!!!! So it doesn't surprise me that these Shuman's could travel get distances from Philly to Florida - no more than from Philly to California - the 1700's seem so remote and so long ago that it is hard to believe that the people of these times traveled so much but ole' George Washington himself was a frequent flyer (don't know if he got a free ride after so many miles but he should have! ).! > Chris > > ==== SHUMAN Mailing List ==== > ----------------- > Support the people who support you. Join Rootsweb at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html/ > RootsWeb supports our SHUMAN research by hosting our mailing list! > Do you support RootsWeb? > -----------------