I really miss Linda. She and I traded emails for years, mostly trying to track down the Traverses and Chinns, but ranging far afield from them. She was a cherished colleague. Tom, do you know where her genealogical papers ended up? Welcome to the club. We can all use new input. Kathleen, I am not sure the NNeck subscribers are interested in this, but who knows. Linda Boyd Lawhon's obit said "her research will be donated to the Tennessee State Archives, Nashville, TN, where it will be microfilmed and preserved for future generations'. A quick search found this to be true. Here is a link to the index of Linda's Research. I hope this link works. It should be a link to a pdf file which has a very good index to her microfilmed records. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=linda%20boyd%20lawhon%20genealogy&sou rce=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CD0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tn.gov%2Ftsla%2Fhistor y%2Fmanuscripts%2Ffindingaids%2F2009-025.pdf&ei=4N4aUf24MaHr2QWDpIHoDQ&usg=A FQjCNF6jDKhJxOL_tLjy769ZGgjxiKubA The index to her donated research indicates a couple of family names that I think are NNeck. Chinn and Traverse, which you metioned, are in the Index. My Newton family seems to be near these folks. As well as Bernards which may be connected to the my Rogers and possible Massey's of St' Paul's Parish, Stafford Co. which I might be interested in. I am not sure how one gets access to this information. Linda was a 30 year researcher when I found her in my beginning rookie genealogy season about 2000-2001 when I was about 58 or so. So I, I didn't know enough, and never had time to communicate with her about any Colonial Virginia lines before she passed in 2003. Hopefully, some may be able to take advantage of her research. I am still trying to learn how to properly respond these NNeck emails. So pardon me if I don't do it correctly. Tom in OKC

Tom I am of the Chinn and Travers lines if I can ever help in anyway, let me know. Maybe we can help each other Janean Ray