Hi, I'm going to borrow a statement from Lauri Manda's posting of her immigrant Collins ancestor: <quote>: "We too are far from knowing who our immigrant ancestor is, below is ALL we know about our COLLINS line & all we figure we'll ever know:" <unquote> Two of my cousins & I have searched all avenues for years & can't find anything on our Grandfather's parent's ... alas, not even their names!! WILLIAM DAVID COLLINS, b 2-19-1855, in Illinois (questionable). Married ANNIE ELIZABETH "BESSIE" ISHMAEL (b 12-1-1865/Illinois) on 3-3-1882 in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri. Their children: CHARLES THOMPSON COLLINS, b 1-16-1883 in Missouri (died 1889); VENNIE ELIZABETH COLLINS, b 9-7-1884 in Missouri (died in childhood); ROY WILLIAM COLLINS, b 4-17-1886 in Missouri; LIDA COLLINS, b 9-11-1888 in Missouri (died 1893); CLARA COLLINS, b 5-11-1890 in Missouri (died 1893); ORA LEE COLLINS, b 9-29-1891 in St.Clair or LeBeck, Missouri; MADIE ALMA COLLINS, b 4-25-1894 in Missouri; FLOSSIE EDNA COLLINS, b 3-25-1896 in Kansas; DOVIE MYRTLE COLLINS, b 9-27-1898 in Miami, Oklahoma; EARL COLLINS {twin}, b 12-6-1901 in Miami, Oklahoma; PEARL COLLINS { twin}, b 12-6-1901 in Miami, Oklahoma (died 1906); Thanks, Lynn Murray LynnMurray@hia.net My Home on the Net: http://members.tripod.com/~MurrayL/index.html SEARCHING FOR: BEATTIE/BEATTY, CANTRELL, CARMICHAEL, COLLINS, DENNY, DRIVER, GENTRY, HAAS, HARRIS, ISSACS, ISHMAEL, JONES, LAIRD, LEE, LUNSFORD, LYNN/LINN, MALLARD, MEDLEY, MORLAND, MURRAY, MCFERRIN, O'NEAL, STEWART, STORM/STURM, STOCKTON, THOMAS