I wanted to update and say thanks to a very kind person that has better eyes than me, this family has been found in Transylvania County Eastatoe District under the name Biens!! Thanks Drew!!! Shannon On 5/14/08, ShaniFaye <shanifaye@gmail.com> wrote: > > If there is anyone on the list that researches the James Riley and Susan > Lesley Byars family in Pickens co SC, could you tell me if you've had any > luck finding them on the 1880 census? I have been through Pickens county > page by page and I cannot locate them. I have also been through the Dawson > County GA census, where his father and brother lived in 1880 and cant find > them there either. I know they are in Pickens in 1870 and 1900 but 1880 > seems to be a mystery!!! They should be *somewhere* with at least two > children that I know of....Jane and William D. > > Thanks > Shannon Byers > > -- > Do you love genealogy? Do you have a brick wall? Do you have info you > could share with others who might be researching your family...or are you > looking for others that might be researching the same? Join us on my > genealogy forum (this is a message board NOT a mailing list) at > http://www.ancestrallychallenged.com/forum and make some new genealogy > friends and post your brick walls so we can help!!!! > -- Do you love genealogy? Do you have a brick wall? Do you have info you could share with others who might be researching your family...or are you looking for others that might be researching the same? Join us on my genealogy forum (this is a message board NOT a mailing list) at http://www.ancestrallychallenged.com/forum and make some new genealogy friends and post your brick walls so we can help!!!!