Gene and Pam, Thanks for the input. Yes, the Samuel R. COVEY (1848-1899) that you (Gene) referenced in your response is the line I'm working on. Samuel B., his son, was my grandfather. I've got most of all the mentioned children's info and their descendants' info, since 2 of the children (Caroline and Marion) were known personally and I've corresponded over the years with Frank Brillus's son and grandchildren. Several people have indicated to me that they "thought" Samuel R. was the son of James Yearns. However, since this is my direct line, I'd like to DOCUMENT that and I'm not having much luck. No marriage registration, no church records (at this point I've written to just about every denomination's archives, although they were Presbyterian); no response at all from Athens United Church. Athens Town Clerk couldn't help. I'm not even sure where to check for a death record, since he died in Sherbrooke, Quebec as a semi-John Doe and the body was shipped back to Athens for burial. I have uncovered a newspaper article from the Sherbrooke Record in 1899 chronicling the last sordid days of his life (week-long alcohol bender wandering transient from hotel to hotel, claiming he had no family, friends or money). Apparently, just before he died, he divulged that he did have a wife and a letter was written to her. The corresponding article in the Athens paper was a lot less "National Enquirer" and just gave sympathy to the widow and children, but no lineage info. Even if there was a death record in Quebec, I doubt there is much parental info, since it took them so long just to identify him and his immediate family! Depending on time and money and the cooperativeness of my husband, we may try to get to Athens, Ontario while on our summer pilgrimmage to visit my parents in Rochester, NY. It's quite a bit out of the way on the return trip to Connecticut, but I'm wondering if we show up on the local church steps or visit the local public library if something might not pop up in their archives if I'm willing to rifle through it myself? On the James Fransburg marriage posting, I screwed up and transposed the 21st of Sept 1864 to the 12th when I keyed it into my E-Mail. I'd better be more careful. Interesting about the reversal of the groom and bride's parents in the County Marriage Registers though. One question so that I can follow your census argument -- is there a known relationship between Daniel and POLLY COVEY in the 1860 Alburg VT census and the Daniel and MARY COVEY in the 1871 Leeds census. Is MARY a second wife? I'm still a little green about all the known interrelationships of all these Vermont, New York and Canadian COVEY's. Debbi (Covey) Sweeney desweeney@aol.com