Researching these families on my mother's side: Weems(SC-AL-MS-LA-TX), Brown(Ireland-SC-GA-MS), George(KY-AL-MS), Pettigrew(Ireland-VA-NC-SC-AL-MS-TX), Binns(VA-NC-MS-TX), and Turner(VA-SC-AL-MS-LA-TX). Other surnames in my mother's line: Tittle, Langley, Skinner, Hoskins, Cross, Byers, McGaw, Devlin, Elliott, Gilbert, McDonald, and Young.Researching these families on my father's side: Oubre(LA-MS), Byrd/Bird(NC-MS), Gifford(TN-AL-MS), Giles(SC-AL-MS), Gourdain(France-LA), Matthews(NC-MS-TX), Jackson(AL-MS), Hammack(VA-GA-MS-TX), and Gaudin(Canada-LA). Other surnames in my father's line: Braud/Breaux, McKenney, Parnell, Stuart/Stewart, Aust, Jones, Bethany, and Watt.

Researching these families on my mother's side: Weems(SC-AL-MS-LA-TX), Brown(Ireland-SC-GA-MS), George(KY-AL-MS), Pettigrew(Ireland-VA-NC-SC-AL-MS-TX), Binns(VA-NC-MS-TX), and Turner(VA-SC-AL-MS-LA-TX). Other surnames in my mother's line: Tittle, Langley, Skinner, Hoskins, Cross, Byers, McGaw, Devlin, Elliott, Gilbert, McDonald, and Young.Researching these families on my father's side: Oubre(LA-MS), Byrd/Bird(NC-MS), Gifford(TN-AL-MS), Giles(SC-AL-MS), Gourdain(France-LA), Matthews(NC-MS-TX), Jackson(AL-MS), Hammack(VA-GA-MS-TX), and Gaudin(Canada-LA). Other surnames in my father's line: Braud/Breaux, McKenney, Parnell, Stuart/Stewart, Aust, Jones, Bethany, and Watt.