BRENDA, Any chance of finding a death certificate on your grandfather? It might list parents names. Then try an obituary. Many times they have good information. If you have your gr-grandfather's death date, how about an obituary on him? Kathy. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 11:31 PM Subject: [CARTER-L] Re: CARTER-D Digest V02 #110 > Hello List Folks, > Before marriage my name was Brenda Jean Carter. My great Grandfather lived > in Ohio and fought in the 14th Infantry. He married Mattie Hand I believe. > His tombstone reads Jon Carter and then the civil war info. Mattie, possibly > short for Martha or something similar, is burried next to him. My Grandfather > Eldon Carter is burried next to them with his wife Mary. They ar burried in a > small cemetery in Indian River Michigan. Our family remains in Michigan. I am > hoping to find someone who can connect to the family when they were in Ohio > or in Detroit MI. We ar now in the area of Saginaw MI. Any ideas? Anything > seem the least bit familiar to any Carters out there? My father is in his > 80's and says there were rumors of possible Indian blood in the family and he > suspects English or French. I do not rule out Irish either. I WANT to know > where we came from and I am lost . Help.Help? > Thanks to anyone with info or ideas. > Brenda >