This is a note my sister sent out this morning to the Covington County, AL E-group. There has been a lot of discussion lately on the book A Compton Family History by Thomas Heflin Compton. She talks about some interesting things she has found on comparing two different copies of the same book. Thought the group might be interested. Ray Good Morning Everyone, Does anyone have access to Pike County Census 1860 or later? I am trying to find more information on my gg grandfathers line. His name is Burl Washington MCLEOD b. Apr 55 Pike Co. AL His father name is suppose to be Andrew. Burl died 1908 in Covington Co. AL He married Mahala Josephine (Jody) POWELL Aug. 2, 1881 Pike County possibly. Jody b.24 Oct. 1864 Coffee Co. AL d.30 Oct. 1941 Andalusia, AL They had 2 children Rosetta MCLEOD (my g grandmother) b. 5 Aug. 1884 Pike Co. AL and Grady MCLEOD b.15 Nov 1888 Pike Co. AL Rosetta MCLEOD was 2nd wife of Jefferson L. Caney COMPTON Also in the Pike County area I've been told my g. grandmother Melissa SPENCE was born March 1867 died in the Covington Co. area sometime in the 1930's this is all the information I have on her. She married William Edward LUNSFORD in Covington Co. 1885 If anyone has access to any Pike County records and wouldn't mind looking for the Spence and McLeod names I have mentioned it would be greatly appreciated. You can email directly at Bethy55@aol.com that way the whole group doesn't have so much mail to read that doesn't pertain to their lines. As to the Compton Book. I went up this summer and visited my great aunt in Andalusia and had such a wonderful time. Alot bigger than I remember it being 35 years ago. LOL We were talking genealogy and she pulled out her copy of the Compton Book. The first thing I noticed was in the back of her copy she had copies of marriage license, estate records and several other items. I own a copy of the book myself and mine did not have these things in it. Aunt Rosa Lee Compton Dubose Johnson was kind enough to let me bring her copy back home with me so that I could compare the two books. I found that she had about 30 or so pages in hers that mine didn't have. Also on a couple of pages hers would have information on it to where my page had some different information on it. In my book I found 50 or more pages (just a guess) that hers didn't have. After page 130 have a lot of supplement pages to 130 i.e. 130a, 130b, etc. my aunts book did not have these. I also had a supplemental index that her book didn't have. While I was comparing books I was paper clipping the different pages that one had that the other didn't so I could make copies of those pages to put in our books. Unfortunately after I made the copies I didn't keep the pages marked. I know for sure which pages I copied from my aunts book because those pages are white in my old Compton book. I am just not sure of all the pages in my book that she didn't have that I made copies of. The main purpose of this is to let everyone know that owns the Compton Family Book that they may be missing some pages and want to check their book out. I would be happy to try and help anyone complete their book but in exchange I may need to borrow someones that is missing the supplemental pages I mentioned so I can mark all the pages in my book again. Again I can be contacted at Bethy55@aol.com or GSW31743@aol.com One more thing before I close this. Does anyone in the group have any Waldrop/Waldrip/Wardrope and various other spellings in their family tree that lived in AL in 1800's? If so I would love to hear from you. Thank you, Beth Lunsford Waldrop Dwight Ray Lunsford Oklahoma City, OK e-mail: rluns@icon.net rlunsford@netzero.net Family Info: http://www.icon.net/~rluns/index.html