For over 30 years, I have searched for Margaret Autry Pickens, daughter of John C. AUTRY and Margaret Ann Mattix, to no avail. [Margaret Autry Pickens, twin sister to my gggrandmother Sarah AUTRY Pullen, born 15 Sep 1847 Van Buren township, Crawford co., Arkansas.] She was mentioned in the 1886 will of her father [Sebastian Co., Arkansas], and then I thought she had dropped off the earth. Then a year ago, I emailed an AUTRY researcher, who happened to have last name of PICKENS. Nothing clicked. This year, I recontacted this researcher with no finds. A few weeks later, she recontacted me with possible find. Anyhow, it looks as if Margaret Autry Pickens was hiding in Sebastain Co., Arkansas the whole time. Pretty sure that she is found as wife to A. J. PICKENS on the 1880 federal census. Haven't proved this is my missing 2nd great aunt, but pretty sure it is. Turns out Andrew J. Pickens is distant relative of my email contact, who I picked up off the AUTRY list. My thanks go out to the many researchers who are willing to share information with sources!!! My point is to never give up, and to reach across the ancestral lines when researching. You never know when something will pop up that might not fit with who you are researching at the moment, but may fit later. Judy __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp