Dear Fauquier County, Virginia Genealogist, Tonight I was looking at a wonderful CD from Family Tree Maker and ran into an article by Augusta B. Fothergill on the Underwood Family of Virginia. This work was published in 1981 by the Genealogical Publishing Company. He spent a lot of time and effort and work on these 34 pages. A few months ago we were discussing the Underwood, Gaines, Catlett, families. Much of the information we received was presented by the group, almost word for word as written by Augusta B. Fothergill. For several years I have been struggling trying to understand these families. I appreciate many on the mailing list trying to help me with this research. To me it is apparent that others have seen this work and copied much of Mr Fothergill's research. I must ask this question - If anyone had seen this article, it would have been wonderful to have been referred to Mr Augusta B. Fothergill's work on The Underwood Family of Virginia. I have spent many many miserable hours reading and studying the records in Old Rappahannock county and other counties trying to understand the Underwood and related families. This article would have quickly put me out of my misery. What concerns me the most is that some must have seen this article and were for what ever reason unwilling to share this information. If no one has seen this article I highly recommend this article to family members! What is to be gained by not sharing these secrets with others? Our lives are very short, too short to be spending time working on lines that have already been researched. Just for the record there are articles on the Blackwell, Ball, Miskell, Brent,Brooke,Buckner,Carter, Champ, Claiborne, Taliaferro,Combs, Mosley, Dade, Eppes, Eskridge, Fitzhugh, Harrison, Fleet, Hooe, Lightfoot, Ludlow, Mallory, Moore, Marshall, Moseley, Muse, Payne, Pickett, Presley,Randolph, Rennick, Slaughter, Grymes, Tarpley,Towles, Turner, Wingfield, Withers, Wormely, Wynn, I freely admit that I should have found this record in my research. For what ever reason I missed this work on the Underwood family. It would have been wonderful if someone had referred me to his research. I want to thank those who have shared so much information with members of our group. God Bless you all! Jim Burgess Fauquier County, Virginia USGENWEB ps - Our time is so valuable - let us join together and share information with others especially when a quick 30 second email will help another.