I owe a great debt to the many researchers who documented every generation as they went. However, I owe a lot to the masses who posted what they knew or what they thought that they knew. It is from those "undocumented" researchers that I have found those little clues that might never have shown up if that poster had waited for the proper documentation. Hints like a Will that named a grandchild that I may never have found otherwise. The new technology has made the research ever easier and ever better. Add this forum to that list. County web sites, digitized documents and Googlebooks all add to the TOOLS. The old ways were not perfect. My ancestor James Adams has about 50 descendants in the DAR who use him as their patriot ancestor. 10 or so of those use his son Robert in their line. James did NOT have a son Robert. This Robert was from SC. James was from VA. But the documented research was apparently there at some point. Many of the OLD "Books" that I have seen cited as documentation for Jamestowne Society and Colonial Wars have proved to be very wrong. I believe that the new generation of researchers has disproved about as many formerly "documented" lines as it has made up. Although frustrating at times, I am very thankful to have Ancestry, Genforum and all of their kin. They are TOOLS to be used. Al Adams To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html