In a message dated 99-04-18 13:14:54 EDT, you write: << Elizabeth Lasley Smith would have been born somewhere around 1840 if she was married in 1884 at the age of 45. On that she lists her mothers name as Nancy Smith. Don't know for sure how that helps with her name. >> From: Franklin Co. Marriages by Marshall Wingfield 1786-1858 Smith, Wm. & Nancy Ferguson, dau. Nancy, Nov. 6, 1828. Sur. Wright Smith. Then if you look under Ferguson's in the same book: Ferguson, Robt. & Nancy Edmunds, Feb. 16, 1807. Sur. Wm. Edmunds. Deanna