I, too, have been following this discussion closely, and although it has now run its useful course, I thought I would try to wrap it up with two comments. One is to thank Elizabeth Shown Mills for her wise and thoughtful commentary on sources and documentation. The other is to point out that the Internet is not the villain here. Old books and genealogical articles as well as new Internet postings can all contain errors or omissions. The authors of some of the older publications (in whatever format) may not have had access to information that we can readily get today, so they committed unknowing errors. Which should remind us that none of us can ever have every fact that we need, and that from time to time we make well-educated but imperfect deductions from the evidence that we can find. I treat Internet sources precisely as I treat printed sources, as starting places with leads to the original records, hoping that the original documents survive and do not contain inconsistencies or errors, themselves. Now, back to work. Brent Tarter The Library of Virginia [log in to unmask] Please visit the Library of Virginia's Web site at http://www.lva.virginia.gov To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html