Hi, I'm brand new to this list. I can't believe I'm just now finding out about it! I'm from Pound (in Wise County) and with husband operate a small regional book sale, Heritage Nook Books by mail, about or by people, places or events in SW VA, Eastern Kentucky and NE TN. Anyone interested in an e-catalog (about 8 pages long) can just let me know. My family lines are thus: me, Brenda Dotson Salyers>parents, Wm. Albert Dotson Jr. and Rena Meade Dotson>his parents were Wm. A. Dotson Sr and Delcie Branham Dotson>Delcie's parents were Wib Branham and LouEmma Gilliam Branham> Wib's parents were Tandy Branham and Martha Elizabeth "Betty" Roberson>Tandy's parents were Milly Branham (b. 1811) and Tandy Layne> Milly's parents were John H. and Patsy Branham> John H.'s parents were David Branham and Frances Baskett Branham. Gee, this is harder than I thought it would be. I get lost doing pedigrees unless I have a chart graphic to plot it out. My mother's Meade line includes Vanovers, Hughes, Young, Thacker, Higginbotham, Mullins. Her direct Meade line reads: Rena Meade Dotson>Sam C. Meade> George W. Meade>Viving Meade>Fielding Lewis Meade>Henry Meade (ca 1730). I have seen the lineage posted on Family Tree that takes this line on back to Phillip Meagh in Ireland in the 1300s, but I don't know if it has been proved. I am a collector, not a researcher, so I have to rely on other's research and family legend. I've published two of my line collections, The Meades and the Descendants of Milly Branham. My husband's Salyer line, which I will post later, goes back to Shanklin Salyer, son of Samuel Salyer Sr. Been nice talking to you. Brenda