Great! You are definitely on a good start! I will pass this around and see what can come up over the Internet, with your concurrence. Have a great weekend! Got a previous error message saying your email address is not responding so I am also including the Virginia Email List just in case. Dan ======= -----Original Message----- From: Patricia A. Baber [mailto:pbaber@ns.gemlink.com] Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 3:07 PM To: Fairfax, Dan Subject: Fairfax questions Hey Dan, I hope I am a 'cousin'. My Wilt family has been difficult to research. I have some old family notes that say my gggrandfather George Washington Wilt's sister, Nancy, was married to Ferdinand Fairfax. When I looked up the 1870 marriage record, it gave her name as Nancy Richards, parents John & Jane Richards. (Ferdinand is son of Uriah and Mary Fairfax.) George's marriage record indicates his parents as Peter and Jane Wilt. Nancy was 22 in 1870(b.1848); George was 30 in 1866, and according to his death cerficate he was born June 24, 1836. George's mother, Jane, is listed in the Fairfax co. 1850 census with children, Mary 24, Elizabeth 17, George 14, and another daughter whose name is difficult to read, but is indexed as and appears to be Mandula, age 4. So, nothing adds up, which makes genealogy so interesting (and frustrating). I've researched the other daughters and Mary was married to George Munday, but her death certificate says her parents were George Wilt and Catherine Virts/Virtz. Her marriage record had no parents listed. Elizabeth was married to George Gaines, and her marriage record says her parents were ----- and Jane Wilt. She died in 1908 so a death certificate is not availabe for her, at least at the state level. Perhaps I can find something in Fairfax county. I've been in contact with Walt Warnick who wrote a book about the Wilt's but we have not been able to determine who the parents of Peter Wilt were. There is supposed to be a book out there called "John Wilt's book" which was in possession of Robert F. Hayes in 1937. He was editor of the Maryland Genealogical Bulletin. Nobody knows what became of the book. So to answer your question, I don't know if I am a Fairfax descendant or not. I know I am a Wilt descendant and that's about all I know concerning this line. Pat Baber -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.0/27 - Release Date: 6/23/05