Finally got some more of the generous info from Claude Wrathall uploaded to SELECTED AYRSHIRE, SCOTLAND, RECORDS at: http://home.rmci.net/adamewa/isles_2.htm or access it through the link at the bottom of the British Isles page. More to go. ---------- According to the counter on the "Bumper Sticker Genealogy" page, it has been visited over 280 times since it was uploaded on Thursday and probably a few more before I decided to put a counter on the page. Remarkable! The counter on the SURGENER home page indicates that many of those visitors have been accessing that webpage, too. While no one has contacted me about the name, somebody MIGHT remember seeing it if they ever come across the name somewhere. ---------- Also, found in "North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register" April 1901, an excellent article about Rev. William Surginer with a number of sources cited. It is basically the same info contributed to the Chronological webpages by Billie Groening but goes further in telling about Surginer's missionaries' success in the inner coastal plain. About Surginer's personal background, the author says "...Surginer moved from Isle of Wight County, Va., to the area of Kehukee as a teenager in mid-1720's. He arrived with the family of an older kinsman, John Surginer, who was given a grant of 350 acres at Kehukee on 9 Apr 1725 for the importation of himself and five others. "Upon attaining his majority, William Surginer bought land for himself adjoining that of his kinsman; he made his first purchase at Kehukee in 1729." Ruby