Tony, as I said in private email to you... Many thanks for the wealth of information you forwarded on to me. Will take a while to digest it all, and will get back to you. Our line uses the Ballenger spelling, and the Ballenger Creeks in VA are so spelled from 1748 on, but watch for the 'i' version, even Barringer has popped up. Thanks again to you and your fellow researchers. Aileen