Okay, I've delayed this as long as possible. Years, matter of fact, I have successfully ignored my ancestor's sister's line. Now I'm going over this with a distant cousin and we're both helplessly confused. Need some Carr help. (I wish it was just work on my '59 Chevy. It would be so much easier.) John Carr married Jemima Wolford (dau of John Wolford and Elizabeth Woolever) in 1820. John Carr was born 15 Mar 1800, Hardy County. Jemima Wolford was born anywhere between 1800 and 1809, depending on the source and census. I guess she had a lot of bad hair days. Jemima dies somewhere in 1852. I have their children as Joab L, Enos, Christina, Henson, Emily and Malinda. John Carr remarries: I have 2nd wife as Abigail Bright m 4 May 1854 in Randolph County. John Carr dies in 1861. I have 9 children for Abigail and John. I don't think some of them are right though. Thomas, Sarah, Jacob, Seymour, Benjamin, Jesse, Elizabeth, Enos, Mary. John Carr's parents are John Carr and Abigail Unknown. Is this right? There are a lot of sources I used from vital records to county history books to genealogy books. "Bright Cousins" was a book I found in Elkins Library when I was passing through. Researching: Appley, Asbury, Barnum, Bauder/Bader, Bowling, Briggs, Burton, Carr, Clark, Dyer, Ecker, Finch, Flannery, Fox, Grim, Hardendorf, Harman, Hawk, Hayes, Henkle/Hinkle, Keith, Marcy, Pier, Sawyer, Summerfield, Schenk, Shepard, Slocum, Strong, Teter, Tinkham, Thompson/Thomson, Walker, Whitlam, Wilks, Wolford, Wood, Woolever. http://www.treelines.com http://www.lineage.net Regards, Diane ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- Useful sites: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ (Hints for starting) http://communities.msn.com/AGenealogyExperience (A Genealogy Experience)