Martha and Lynda, WOW......this is neat! Finally finding the right family! I am more convinced now that my Amanda IS the daughter of William and Alitia (however you spell it). From what my great-aunt had told me about her mother and grandmother, and researching at the Gen Library, I am convinced. Plus reading the postings from the past two days. I have been looking through the BARKER list archives and found a lot of what has been sent about this family. Plus I had already found Barkers on the census records for Texas, just wasn't convinced they were mine until now. The fact that Amanda, having died in 1891, had a daughter Willie that went to live with her aunt and uncle in Dodge, Walker Co, Tx, and that same uncle had married Willie and James EAKIN in 1906. His name was J. W. Whitaker. In the Walker County History book, it shows that Amanda's sister Mary Jane, after being widowed, had married J. W. Whittaker. This must be the aunt and uncle mentioned. Lynda, you indicated you had already known about Amanda marrying a William RODDEY. Where did you find that record? I have been searching (mainly using the RODDEY name, as I thought it would be easier than BARKER to research). The ONLY thing I had found was from the death record of Willie E. EAKIN, showing her parents to be William Edward RODDEY and Amanda BARKER.....nothing else. I don't even know where Amanda died or is buried.....the bible didn't indicate it. Would you happen to know?? So now I can connect the information from the census records on the Barker family! I will be glad to share what I have on Amanda and James Eakin family. (They were my great-great grandparents. There are also some pictures that I copied from the bible, which, from the writing on back, are possibly Amanda and William. There are unidentified tin-type pictures also, but my great-gunt didn't know who they were. She thought they may be from the BARKER line. Were there any Calvert's in this line? I think one of the names she had was Calvert. But it could have been from another line. Thank you for your help. I haven't had a chance to look at the websites yet, but am anxious to. And I can send information on the EAKIN line after I update it. Pat Hargus Sommerfield Pasadena, TX --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes