This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blackburn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SNE.2ACIB/1248 Message Board Post: I am researching my Great Grandfather Herbert Shope. He was born 29 Dec 1893 in Madison Co. IN. I found birth information for him online which has his parents listed as J.F. Shope and Sari. Blackburn. I found a marriage record for James F Shope and Mary S. Blackburn in Indiana. I then found a World Family Tree with a Marahscrilda S (Mary) Blackburn married to an unknown Shope who was born in KY and died in Elwood, Madison Co., IN. I need to know if these are all the same woman. Any help would be greatly appreciated so that I may be able to break down one of my "brick walls" Chris