And always keep your eye out for an unusual given name. Years ago, I was searching for my Whites in the census of a county that I found written on the back of an old photo. I found a huge family of Whites and when I saw that one of the children was named Edward Ocean White all sorts of bells went off in my brain. Suddenly, I remembered my grandfather telling me of his great uncle who was born at sea and named Edward Ocean White. With that tidbit, I was able to get documents and make contacts that opened up that family's history as if their name had been much more unusual. Unfortunately, in the arrogance of youth, it never occurred to me to write down all the wonderful tales my grandfather told me. I thought they were so fascinating that I could never forget them. Alas, I did not realize that my brain would get so cluttered with other minutiae that I would not always be able to retrieve what I wanted as time went on. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Robert White [mailto:rwhite@isoa.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 2:59 PM To: WHITE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WHITE] Looking for Whites To all you Whites looking for Whites in your past, don't get discouraged. The White name is 14th in frequency in this country. I've been looking for WHITES for a couple of years and have only made contact with a couple in our line of Whites descended from John White Sr. born in Ireland in 1720. But a couple of those contacts have been very fruitful. SO DON'T GIVE UP. BOB WHITE