To Velma: You should be proud of your descent. Your family is about as old as it gets in Virginia. The Stith's married into the Bollings and Randolphs. They descended through Jane Rolfe, the granddaughter of John Rolfe and Rebecca Rolfe. (Pocahontas). You can't get much farther back than that. The Roosevelts claim descent from these folks. My Scotch-Irish did not show up until the late 1720's, a hundred years later. On a seperate issue: A friend of mine and serious researcher signed up for this forum two weeks ago, and has yet to receive anything. He has much to offer. If anyone knows the administrator, ask them about it. I suspect it is one of those automatic response programs. My friend's name is Davis Reese. Edwin