Hi List: Below is different groups of STARR's, but none included mine. My group came to the USA from Germany and settled in VA, then Washington Co., TN, then Osage Co. MO, some stayed in the Midwest, others went back to Barren Co, KY, some went to TX and OK. I have alot of the Starr's are related back to MICHAEL STARR, 3 wives, ? Baker, Catherine Shipley and Michal Traylor Combs. He had 21 children, we have found 18 of them and maybe the other 3 connect to the below mentioned STARR groups. But we havent been able to connect them to this date. So please don't forget about our group when you find any STARRs that you do not know. Carol In a message dated Thu, 25 May 2000 10:30:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Starr81 <starr81@ix.netcom.com> writes: << Connie and list, I can add two more "distinct and main" STARR lines plus elaborate on some of those 'loose Starrs': > I'm going to jump in here and add some comments. There seems to be >two/three "main" Starr lines. One is the Comfort Starr mentioned by Connie. >Another is the Stoehr (Starr) line from Germany and then there is the "Lost >Starrs" as I like to call them. One is the PA Quakers, many of whom ended up in what is now West Virginia; another, the Cherokee Starrs, whose founder Caleb may have come from the PA Qauker group -- his mother was a Quaker, but his father wasn't, he was born in PA. And then another distinct group, but also 'loose' because we haven't found the connection to each other, let alone any of the major groups -- the STARRs in Maryland from 1748 through 1810 or so. Included is my Henry Starr, b. 1752 in MD d. 1821 in GA. Personally I've tried to connect him to the PA Quakers and the Cherokee Starrs without success; I'm now looking at the Dr. Comfort line. BUT there are a few other STARR families in Maryland who appear late 1770s/1780s, some went to IN, others to Richmond, VA and one member of this VA line ended up in GA 1830s I believe. I believe there is another MD STARR named John, who moved to SC and became "John Starr of Beach Island". If anyone has any information on the Maryland bunch (any of them) please post to the list / me. We need all the help we can get! Linda Linda Sparks Starr starr81@ix.netcom.com http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lksstarr/ >>