For anyone who is interested there was a marvelous book published by the church. I have the second edition. The earliest baptisms that I see in it is 1740. It's called The Tinkling Spring Headwater of Freedom. I'm sure it would be available through interlibrary loan. I would also recommend Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. It is three volumes online http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/ and very well indexed. I have eight surnames in those volumes and have it in hard cover, well used. But no, I don't have time to do lookups. I know it's sound selfish, but I am 76 years old, time is fleeting, and I want to spend it working on my own genealogy. Pat

Have y'all checked into this site? www.findagrave.com Lots of cemeteries, pix of cemeteries, graves and people. I've added a few myself, wish I'd known about this a few years ago when I was in Tinkling Springs and other places on a cemetery sleuthing trip. Thanks to some folks who entered people not even their own family, I found where some of my relatives where buried. If you have burial dates and locations, log 'em in. You never know who you'll help. And you can look up your family names by state and county. You might be surprised.

I just returned from vacation and while going through my accumulated email, saw a lot of activity on the Augusta County mailing list regarding First Families. I have a Jones family in Augusta County as early as 1775. They were Valentine Jones, my 4th great grandfather, his brother Berryman Jones, and John Jones, who I believe was their father. If anyone has any information about these men or this family, please contact me. I've hit a very solid brick wall. Thanks! Kathy Jones-Kristof