This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PURCELL, JOHNSON, EATON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/13.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Faye - Thanks for your response and providing more background. I am not related to the lines you are researching; I am merely a volunteer who trys and help with research issues in Maricopa County. To facilitate researchers I have a collection of city directories and a few phone books of Maricopa County. The collection spans 1931 through 2002. I usually try to do lookups once a definitive date of some event has been posted. That's why I asked if the date of death or even the era of death of Etta is known. If Etta died pre-1931, then I probably will be of little help. If she died after 1932 then I may be able to find something for you that could be a lead to other family history. There are PURCELL surnames in these various directories, but I always try to "zero in" on an approximate date first before going through the books. You can view some of the other postings at this board wherein many genealogical puzzlers have been largely solved or put on the right path towards resolution because of the information found in city directories. I look forward to any other information you may have. Glen F. Pritchett, USGENWEB volunteer