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    1. Re: Davis/Records available?
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/594.583.589.2.3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Another source for untangling some of the Hawkins County Davis relations is Arch O. Heck's book, DESCENDANTS OF HEZEKIAH DAVIS I, published in 1963 (and I believe it was self-published). It has a lot of information. Now, there are a couple of caveats I would make about some of his material. Heck was living in Ohio when he compiled this work, so I don't think he did very much on-site inquiry in Tenn., and I know from using it that he is not always accurate in some of his statements, e.g., I think he relied too much at face value on old folks' recollections in some instances, nor did he seem to do as much first-hand research in census and other records as you might expect. So I've learned to double-check nearly everything he says. But there is also much of value.

    05/02/2005 04:32:39