I have found in the book "A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia" a Michael McElwee married Piddy Demott. Children were: John (m Betsy Payne of Lewis), Michael Jr (m Mary Payne of Lexis), Nellie (m Robert P Toomey/Ptomey), George (m Elizabeth Dunlap), William, Sallie (s). OK this George is my George for sure. Then I found a Family Tree that has Michael I McElwee born abt 1771 Hot Springs, Bath, VA died abt 1800 Bath, VA, it shows his wife as Bridget Biddy McDermoot, born abt 1771 in Ballyheerin (parish), Donegal, Ireland. Married abt 1790 in Ballyheerin, (parish) Donegal, Ireland. Now this family tree shows a Cornelia (Nellie) married to a Ptomey, this would also match my findings, then the mates and dates are different. I have questions, how could Michael marry Bridget in Ireland, then the last 3 children could not be his, their birthdates are 1802, 1806, and 1810. This person has him dying in 1800. Now I sent my information to Margaret Gentges (mgentges@mindspring.com) a researcher. She e-mailed me back and said the person that died was the son Michael, not the father Michael, but I failed to ask her any other questions on this family as I had not found this tree yet. So does anyone have any idea how I can figure this out, some of the information is right according to the information I found, the rest is wrong. Any help appreciated. Thank You Karen