Hi, I have hit a major brick wall in my research on my Copelands and I hope somebody can help me. My Great grandfather was William Alexander Copeland born in Georgia in 1868, his parents were Mathew Copeland and Harriet Nelson who according to the 1920 census of Seattle, Wa. for William he says that his parents were from Virginia. I can find one mathew Copeland in Georgia in the 1850 census of Murray Co, and he is unmarried at this time. Does anyone have access to the 1870 census of Georgia? William married Geneva Jane Haney (Eva) in 1903 in Monroe Co, Wisconsin. They divorced around 1921-22 in Seattle Wa. and William married Eugenia Curtis in 1924. This man totally disappears after that, he no longer had any contact with his children Arminta and Mildred Copeland. I need to find both William and his father Mathew. If any of these names sound familiar please contact me. Thank you, Linda