In a message dated 11/4/99 4:00:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, Bchico@aol.com writes: << Dear Group - My mother, Patsy Arbogast Nicholas McDonald, tells me that not all the Arbogasts are/were related. That "her" group was located around the Crab Bottom - (Crabapple?) area VERSUS those around "Bull Run" Can anyone shed light on this. Barbara McDonald Levine >> Barbara: This could be true, but my father always told me that all his relatives were from the Randolph County, W.Va area but after reaching I found this not so. I found many ancestors in Pendleton County, Tucker County, some in Fayette County (which I'm trying to find some information on) and Randolph County. I also found a few strays in other counties. Debbie