Faye, You are so right...she hopes so much to find her lost links..the Hollingsworth's from Middletown, CA..it has been so many years since she talked to them..fortuntately when my oldest son..now 26 was a baby...i went to Middletown and got a picture of her with him and i..and that is the last picture anyone ever saw of her! now her kid's are missing...we do not know where they are...as soon as i find out about our great grandparents i will start that search..needless to say then start on her father's side...so much work but worth it! my oldest sister has been going to where she can in oklahoma and take pictures of the graves we find.....so far..no one has any idea where Eldora is buried.....amazing..when i started this i asked her what her grandpa's name was.....she said papa...ahhhhhh how cute...my mom is so excited when my sister and i find anything..i am doing the researching and my sister is taking pictures..gathering pictures and sending me all of them...we have few family pictues left but are blessed to have some....i cannot believe we don't know much....but it has been years since we have seen any of the family....my great uncle j.d. is from leavenworth and we think he still has children or family there...it is Silvester and Eldora we are desparately seeking..yes...it means alot to mama....she was shocked to hear about her grandpa being a deputy sherrif.....we wish other family members would pitch in..but as we unfortunately found out...they just want to register in the indian tribes for benefits.....it is ok i guess...but still.....would help...my sisters uncle took 35 yrs to search family history to the 1600's..how exciting! thank you for everything..you have been a instument in us knowing our family..now we can get these certificates.....to my sister, mother and i....wer are just happy to know our heritage....if we benefit from it..that is a blessing and bonus..not our intentions...we have cherokee and choctaw in us....i want to know where it came from...they seem to think SIlvester was choctaw...do you have any idea about this? thanks for everything keep in touch Teressa:)