Finally, a breakthrough.... Followed by an avalanche.

[Lyle1]

But beware the human element, as all these entries are by humans prone to error or taking the simplest and easiest and not always documentable route to their percieved endpoint. Good luck and happy hunting. And patience, be prepared to rrun into wsome walls, take a little time off and come back to it. OR drink Scotch whisky, like I do, and don't sweat it, as it will come together if it was meant to.

j

Good advice. Earlier this week, I was looking at Ancestry.com hints for a Scottish king, a (supposed) ancestor, who died in the early 800's. A number of trees were citing the U.S. census records from 1840 to 1900 to document events in his life!