John says, they're coming through ok..<g>..just didn't want to waste all this typing...these are all numbers so that should help to keep track of them...I don't save a copy of these, so if you're missing one, try the list archive first...sorry... ***************** ....So this wasn't going to be so easy after all. Let's work on the approach that researching Nancy's husband may point us in the right direction. The chancery court records for Gallia County, 1835-52, have been abstracted and published. In the index, there was one case that involved Henry D. Bane and John A. Donnally. It was a land foreclosure that also named Henry's wife, Nancy. Now to check the index for Donnallys. Of particular note was another court case of John Newton vs. John A. Donnally on 14 May 1840. In this case, as you may recall from the short discussion in Chapter two, Orphan's and Guardianship Records, William Donnally as still living and owned land. He had the land conveyed to his children to defraud Newton. The children of William Donnally were named in the document; John A. and Nancy, who were of full age, and William Jr., Eleanor, Sarah, Mary Ann, Philip J., Martha, Reuben G. and Marinda, all minors... ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com