Hi Tom and All, I may or may not (but probably do, but burned counties, etc.) have Weldons. I don't know about your Jonathan, but I do know that at genforum, there are several posts on these folks: Go to: www.genforum.com/weldon Use the search mechanism and look for hanks and/or any of your other names. Actually, Jonathan might be better for starters. Good Luck Janet Hunter -- Pittsylvania (and successor cos, esp. Henry and Franklin) Shelton, Coleman, Robertson, Shepard, Bird, Choate, Waller Cooper, Anthony.