Same here.....back a little to 1755, but zilch before that. I did find ships records about Virginia which had a lot of Kelly surnames in them, but I need to find the first Kelly of our line...the father of Alexander Kelly, and then perhaps ships lists will be useful. Cheers Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Bruce" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 6:45 AM Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] FW: THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT > Hi, Don, > > No relation to Nathan HALE as far as I have yet found, and I have my line > back before the Revolution... all in southwest Virginia. Where their roots > were before that, I haven't been able to get a handle on, yet. > > Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving, and many more to come. > > Carolyn HALE BRUCE > Co-author Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots > and Rebel King, The Har'ships > http://www.RebelKing.com > Our newest published title: Virginiana, A Visitors' Guide to Virginia > History and Other Stuff > http://www.VirginianaBooks.com > Hot off the press: Herb Jones, Poet With a Paintbrush > by Barbara Jones Jones > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Kelly" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 3:55 PM > Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] FW: THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM > H. TAFT > > >> This sounds about right Carolyn..........and typical of the history we >> got in school, first Thanksgiving with the indians at Plymoth Rock and >> all that bit. >> >> 1619 comes before 1621 here in Oregon too. >> >> No relationship here, but I am curious if you are related to Nathan Hale? >> >> Don in Oregon, Fun Histories for kids, Canned Histories, etc. >> >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >