In a message dated 3/9/05 12:54:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I am searching for the parents of my grandfather.Leonard Collins.He was adopted before 1900 by Cora Stafford and her husband.He is listed on the 1900 mingo county,West Virginia census with Cora divorced and her daughters Bessie and Lulu.Bessie married a Hatfield and is on the 1920 census with her mother Cora Johnson.Bessie is listed as a widow.Any help is needed,I have hit a brick wall. You may want to contact Clinton County, Ohio. Many, many children were fostered out and some adopted from the Children's Home there. You may be able to find out if your Leonard Collins was from there. I have Collins relation from Clinton county, however, no Leonard that I am aware of. Some of my relatives were fostered out and later adopted. Good luck. Joan/Ohio [email protected]