This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4gC.2ACE/1017.1 Message Board Post: Andrea There are several ways to find parents names. You can get a copy of your grandfather's marriage or death cert from http://vitalrec.com An obituary is also a good source of info. He may also be listed on SSDI Once you've establised where a person was residing at a particular time, then you can look at the Federal Census. As NC was never withn the domain of the Choctaw, your great grandparents must have moved there from elsewhere. KR