the elders always said watch out you might find something you did not want to find.. as far as James Barker's, there was two, James Thomas Barker's in Henry County Missouri in the 1860 census. Fortunately the families were easily distinguest Susan. ----- Original Message ----- From: <CORALAA@aol.com> To: <BARKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 4:39 PM Subject: [BARKER] Jame Barker Day > I hereby declare this James Barker Day. And I might do it again! I spent > almost the entire day looking for James S. Barker (I now think that is his > middle initial). They were in Goshen Gore, Caledonia, VT. 1820 and 1830. I > know they had a daughter born in NY about 1838 so I started looking in NY. In > 1840 I found James S. Barker with two children under 5 and am pretty sure > that is him. The other dates fit. The older children seem to be gone. Then I > found in the same county -Cayuga - that there was James Barker in Springport > and a James Barker at the Auburn prison. Image online was not available for > either one so I started one at a time. No image # was available either. I > found James Barker in prison for robber but he was too young, 22, and mine > would be in his 30's. I have not found the James in Springport yet but will > continue that search one page at a time later. > I was so thrilled to think I had a relative in prison. Really > disappointed!!! Anyway I did not want to waste my days work so wanted to > share it. Maybe it is some other Barker's relative. Lucky them! Coral Barker > Allbee > > > ==== BARKER Mailing List ==== > Visit GENEALOGY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET to find other surname lists > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/internet.html >