Dear Sue, If anybody thinks you've gone off the deep end, tell them you have lots of company. You aren't the only one who thinks we might find answers if we could get our hands on the right removal records. If they exist! I study those carefully constructed genealogies that have been well researched and documented and I can't find any place where my group might fit. More than that, I can't find any record of a mother's name. It's as if the women didn't exist. There are no marriage records prior to 1809 in Indiana, no birth records, and even the one letter I found tells that after the father died when they were young children, they were raised by an uncle. No mention whether their mother was dead, left them, or anything. The only time he refers to his mother is when he wrote, "Your grandfather married a lady names Blankinship, she being a niece of my mother. My father raised six children, etc......" I have so many unanswered questions! At this point, all I can do is say which wife they definitely don't belong to, but they had to come from somewhere. I'm interested in hearing what you find. I enjoyed the John Ross article. Pat T.