[shelby research]Isabel Redd ?

[Judith A Trolinger]

Hi Martha,

Actually "family notes" can contain a lot of just plain wrong information! 
Especially when it comes to Shelbys :-)   -Adam Alexander's wife was Mary 
Shelby

It depends on what those notes are based on and what time frame they were 
written. Were they quoting "My great so and so's maiden name was.." etc. Or 
whether some one was simply writing down notes found in published book(s)

Nothing documented has come to light on Isabel's maiden name.. I've heard 
of that "Redd", but its been a long time, I don't recall at the moment, the 
origins of it..I'll check my Alexander file..and get back to you.

Judy

At 10:41 AM 11/12/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Judy,
>
>I spoke with a librarian from the Charlotte, NC main library yesterday.
>She has been searching for info on the Shelbys for me for a month now.
>Yesterday she read to me from a book called "The Alexander Notebooks", 
>Vol. I, which came from the notes left by the Alexanders of Mecklenburg 
>Co, including Adam Alexander (husband of Mary Selby).
>In the notes, Mary's ancestry is given, as well as, the wife and family of 
>Moses Shelby, her brother.  The surname of Moses' wife, Isabel, is given 
>as "Redd".
>
>I would think, that because this information comes directly from the 
>family notebooks, it is more likely to be correct.
>Do you know anything about these books? ... or, the idea that Isabel's 
>last name was Redd?
>
>Martha

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