Thanks Ray, I was glad to see your posting on Taylor-Snow history and photos. There are also pictures in the book, but not as good quality as yours, as they are older, and time changes everything.. I am going to post a note, by Elisha Taylor. "Note--From about 1815 Hon. John W. Taylor, of 1784, then a member of Congress of the United States of America, began collecting facts for a genealogy, and his grandmother, Mrs. Mercy Cox, remarkable for her tenacious memory, gave him valuable assistance. His daughter, Mrs Melvina Taylor, has procured the history of the later generations. Asher Taylor, deceased, of Jersey City, New Jersey, a descendent of George, the second son of the Emigrant, (AKA) also AKA Edward of Briggs House" for more than forty years previous to 1886 made a record of all he could learn about the Taylor families and had a very large manuscript volume and many old letters, and was many years in Middletown, N.J. Mrs. Malvina Taylor now nearly 80 years old, well remembers her father's interest in procuring information from Mercy Cox, and by correspondence . Mrs Taylor is now in Illinois, and has seen and conversed with more of the Taylor, Seeley and Holmes families than any other person interested in this subject. Burk's history of the landed Gentry of England is referred to by Asher Taylor for important facts. I have condensed the history gathered from all these reliable sources." Elisha Taylor born May 14, 1817. Detroit, May, 1886, --Nov. 1894 I think you will be surprised at the many extended families. I have researched my direct line back to Edward the Emigrant, through his son William. Hope you don't think I am trying to outdo you, I just like to help whatever way I can, Been doing this since the 1960's. And still have a lot to learn. thanks again for your posting on Taylor-Snow. Mary