Linda, Orange County NC has one of those wonderful websites that makes you wish all your ancestors had been there! I found this list of people on this part of that website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/orange/orangemisc.htm And, yes, I understand that to mean dead letters in the post office. And that suggests to me that he was no longer in the county. Whether other counties have such a list, I don't know. I can't recall seeing one any place else. Hope this helps a little. Janet > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda Eaton [mailto:lindawe@dellepro.com] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 8:04 PM > To: TNBEDFOR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TNBEDFOR] TNBEDFOR-D Digest V03 #32-TRICE > > Hi, Janet, > > I want to ask probably a dumb question which will not be my first! You > mentioned WILLIAM TRICE and "By 1820 his name is on a list of dead letters > in NC." Does this mean as in "dead letters" in a post office? If so, > where > would one look for the possibility of a list of dead letters for other > states and counties...