ok i have a question on this Institute.....how would one find out if their relative had been in this school in say 1850??? My one Grandfather William L. (Leonard) Sims and his brother H.F. Sims were boarding with a Minister possibly Baptist...in Selma when the 1850 Census was taken....attending a school in the area.....Later William was a Captain for Arkansas in the CSA.....William married a Matilda Louise Hardy, also known as M.L. Hardy.....possibly the sister to Amelia A. Hardy they were possibly the daughters of James and Eliza Hardy it is believed that James Hardy was born in S.C. around 1814 and that their children were born either in AL or MS William is believed to have been born in GA or AL his children were born in AR the first being Mariah born in 1851, in the 1860 census they all show up in AR... now if someone has the 1850 census for Dallas county on page 305 would show William ( or WL Sims) and HF Sims in a baptist ministers house...tho i dont know the name....in Selma...so if someone could do a lookup for me i would highly appreciate it..... this has been a brick wall for 30+ years for my one cousin....so i am putting this out to you all so you can possibly tell me or help me find the right family and the siblings and parents of William and HF -- HUGS..... Ginger ICQ #1487139 http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/6969 http://nisland.signwave.com telnet://nisland.signwave.com:6969 http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Resort/1577