First, I want to thank those who have given me feed-back about my Glossary of Colonial Terms. I have been asked "off list" what I intended to do with this Glossary - I will share that with you now. About 10 months ago there were several days of discussion about the misinformation which is occasionally found on genealogy websites. We have several examples of that with regard to Thomas Mylam's family first found in Orange County in January 1737/38. The most egregious is the name of his wife usually presented as: "Mary Rush 'Adams' believed to be a relative of John Adams of Boston". Full stop! There is absolutely no history of Mary beyond that belief. Mylams are thus deprived of knowing who she really was and the very interesting history of her family. As you can understand, most readers however come away feeling quite satisfied that they might be related to John Adams. With the aid of Robert Vernon [1] of Charlottesville who assembled the earliest survey plats along the Robinson River, we have put together convincing evidence that Thomas Mylam married Mary Rush, daughter of William Rush IV (originally of Westmoreland County), who owned land very near Mylam's. The question for me became how to disseminate this information and make the case when there are so many "genealogies" on the internet with what I believe is incorrect information?? I decided to research and design my own Website to correct what I perceive as errors: http://www.milaminvirginia.com/rush_family.html The Glossary of Colonial Terms is useful to my Website design because I can create links to these uncommon words on a Glossary page where the reader has immediate access to a definition. All the reader needs to do is "click" on a the colonial term in bold type font and he will be taken to the word's location on the Glossary page. Because of this design construct, I can freely quote 18th century court records and have no need to explain the definition of these colonial terms within the written text. This Website also has a Citations page where the records, books and articles that I site are documented. My Website has only been on the internet for 6 weeks so please feel free to provide me feed-back. Currently, there is much more about the Rush family of Westmoreland County than about Milams. I have a long way to go! [1] Robert Vernon, "How Land Was Granted in Colonial Virginia", (Central Virginia Heritage, Vol. 12, No. 1, 1994), 1 - 12. William Milam To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html