My great Uncle James Redmond Waddell died in 94-95, not sure of the date. He has 10 children, none whom seem very close to one another, let a lone other family members. They live all over the USA. A few of them have been very kind and shared what little family history that they knew. Uncle Jim died in Santa Rosa, and the story goes, that a family friend of his came to his estate sale and bought all our family records, including the wedding book, that was my great grandmother who raised me, I have the wedding dress and wedding pictures. In 93 my paternal uncle Chuck handed me the wedding book, which had been left in his care for me, since grandma died when I was 11 years. His wife took it out of my hands and said she was not ready to give it up, this was not her family. She gave it to Uncle Jim, I'm sure hoping he would leave her a hefty amount of money some day. My uncle Chuck died in March of 2000 at the age of 57. I contacted the Waddell cousins, telling them the truth, I wanted nothing from them but written history that Mary Waddell, who raised me worked on for years, like me. I was also looking for the Thornton Slave papers and Stage Line Papers of the South that our family owned. Every one of the Waddell cousins, said they wished they would have know about me that, they would have given them to me as they are of know interest to them. A friend of my Uncle James (JIM) Waddell came to the estate sale and was either given or bought everything. Many of these things were left in my Uncle's care till I turned 21, well I'm 43 now and have been working on my history for years. I need to know the Rootsweb site for Santa Rosa and if there is a site on here or anywhere else, where people buy family history to sale. These items are priceless to me and I am by know way rich, but if any one can help me find my history, I will find a way to pay you anything, to get our history back. If any one has any advice, please email me tot@wave.net. I also need to let people who are looking for family to Solomon & Adeline Runyon, I am hear. Last month someone was looking for Runyon Family, and ended up giving family documents to the people who live in our family home which we owned 1860-1969. These people are very kind people, but they know about me and my family research, I visit them each summer for about five years now. These papers were signed by my 3rd great grandmother Adeline Runyon late 1800's. And they should have gone to family, unless I'm just nuts!! Any help would be great, good night!! Sincerely Kathy