This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hobbyhorse Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.atwood/1244.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Holly, Perhaps you can give more specific information on your Alice Atwood that would help identify her. Is Atwood or Martinez her birth name? Do you know what the E stands for in her name? Do you know where she was born? (even a general location like "northern California" would help) Do you know when she died? Do you know where? Do you know anything else about her family? Parents or siblings names? You mentioned a phone conversation...do you have the phone number? That could help ....area code would give an idea of what part of the state she was in. Have you googled the number? You should not publish online personal information on your husband, of course. You could possibly obtain more information thru his own birth records, for instance. You could possibly find more information on his mother's death certificate too. Sometimes that can be found online. Some counties in California have great up-to-date public records available for viewing online. You would have to go to the county website. Some of that same data is available on a state level too. There are a lot of people who might attempt to find some of this information for you but they would need more specifics to know they are identifying the correct person. The more you can give, without revealing too much about living people, the better. Good luck in your search. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.