CHUCK,
I FOUND OUT SOMETHING INTERESTING TODAY. MY UNCLE SAYS THAT MELVIN (HIS FATHER) LEFT THE SOUTH WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 9 YEARS OLD. HE DOESN'T EXACTLY KNOW IF THEY CAME STRAIGHT TO NEW YORK OR NOT. MY GRANDFATHER WASN'T MUCH OF A TALKER SO WE NEVER FOUND OUT MUCH ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD. HE ONLY TOLD US THAT HE WAS BORN IN CHARLESTON PROPER, BUT WHEN I CHECKED SC THEY HAD NO RECORD OF HIM BEING BORN THERE. NOW I'M TRYING TO SEE ABOUT HE BC FROM NC. I HOPE THIS GIVES YOU AFEW MORE CLUES, BECAUSE I'M STILL LOST.
THANKS NADINE