Just feelin' a little chatty right now...decided to start researching my hubby's maternal line...My M.I.L. doesn't care if I find anything. (yep, that's what she said.) So I haven't been too motivated to work on them, but got bored with my own line, so off I went a few weeks ago. Have found her paternal grandfather's 1878 birth record in Lapeer County MI, can't WAIT to get it since I don't know his parents' names! Am hoping for more info than that, but not holding my breath....have also found his family (David & Etta Wilson) in Pontiac, MI for the 1910, 1920 & 1930 Censuses. Just started searching 1900, but no luck yet. They're not in the same township, if they were living in Pontiac. What a drag that the 1900 & 1910 Censuses aren't indexed yet! Does anyone know why that is? Have also found her maternal ggfather throughout Hancock, Allen & Putnam Counties in Ohio. David and Sarah Williams settled eventually on a farm in Putnam County (Palmer Township). Have 1880, 1900, 1920 & 1920 Censuses, no luck with 1930 yet. Also will probably have to pay someone to search Palmer Twp's land records...Will probably have to pay someone to search Grant Township/Clare Co., MI land records for her grandfather Augustus Williams' farm, too. At least I know it's in section 28! On the down side, I lost a cousin who'd been helpful in sorting out my black sheep, August Fuhrman(n), of Presque Isle County, MI. She died of a massive heart attack at age 51 last week. Will give a little time for things to settle down, and ask her sister to pass along anything and everything re: genealogy. These cousins grew up in the house our black sheep built.....my ggmother was one of August's daughters, their grandfather was one of his sons--so the farm went down the male line. The farm (with its homestead landmark status) is owned by another cousin, brother to the woman who died last week. Sadly, the loss of this cousin could be a big boon to my quest in sorting out my black sheep--Barbara, my cousin, had TONS of data (recollections of family as well as actual documents & photos) and had given me very little to work with when I started out 3 years ago... she just never had time. Lesson learned: SHARE, SHARE, SHARE! Sue G. IBSSG