Thanks for your reply Dale and for Paul's title and address. I have emailed my state historian only recently prior to this. Then I got messages first that my message was delayed then that her email address was not accepting any messages. Maybe her inbox is swamped. I have corresponded with her before about this ancestor and her reply has been that while the GSMD are always looking for original evidence to support new lines that in my case since this ancestor is written in the 'Silver Books' it will be near impossible to get them to change their minds. So I'm not confident she will be proactive on my submission.