Dear Purplevw: You wrote: Wow this is great stuff and from my files I have this Descendants of William Harris 1   [1] William Harris 1750/51 - 1788 b: March 15, 1750/51 in Louisa, VA d: 1788 ..  +Unknown Mitchell   *2nd Wife of [1] William Harris: ..  +Mary Thompson !SOURCE: Copyright by Don Norman; 41991 Emerson Ct.; Elyria, OH from INTERNET          11 Jan 1997 Response: Did your internet correspondent cite a source for his information? Most genealogists of any repute generally reject sources without citations. As you may suspect, William Harris is quite a common name, even in colonial Virginia. On what watercourse (creek, swamp, river) did the man live? Land records generally give some inkling of where the man lived. Who were his associates? (Who witnessed his deeds, posted bonds for him, helped him maintain the roads?) In colonial days, the fellow did not go far to find his bride. So look for his neighbors in all the records you can find. They generally witnessed some of his documents. Also, watercourses (wonderful rivers in Virginia--with water in them, unlike the West where I live) were the main means of transportation. Good luck! E.W.Wallace