Someone asked about my sources. I have several old books and some newer CD's. My wife will kill me if I buy any more. Go here, for instance: http://www.genealogical.com/content/products_new_genealogy.html Some of these CD's are dirt cheap. They are "modern" transcriptions of old publications, so they contain all the old flaws and contradictions. And they usually have a little search function and an index. My search started in Texas, then 19th century Georgia. I only recently worked my way up the hill to 18th century Virginia. (2 years?) TLC books, Miami, Fla. used to publish old books, but I'm told they are now defunct. Their publications are still floating around. Amazon, etc. But the best free resource in the world is Google books. The problem is, you have to sort through a million "hits" on their search engine results. So you have to figure out a way to narrow your search. Google will even tell you which libraries have the books. I used to do lookups, but I was getting fifty-sixty emails a day. I still work 60 hour weeks at a real job. So now I try to steer folks to resources they can use themselves. This method spreads the wealth exponentially all across the message boards. I, too, like to hear about new sources. A million eyeballs will eventually uncover anything, and break down all the brick walls. One note about the above CD's. They are very proprietary about their work. Don't post great chunks of excerpts. And if you post anything, make sure you cite them properly. That's the way it should be, anyway. Transcribing old publications is an expensive process. Writers and publishers have to make a living too. Edwin