I'm so excited..... First of all...I must say that working with the TN has been wonderful so far...every document request I have requested from any source has been promptly found and sent to me. I just received my great grandfather's death certificate. John Ivan COPPEDGE died in 1928 from a sickness cass Pellagra. Has anyone come across this in their ancestors history? I looked it up in an old medical guide and they didn't have a idea of what it was. The symptoms were pain in the spine, inability to walk right and many others...and they were positive the "virus" came from Italians imigrating to the states and it was carried by mosquito's or tainted corn! Maize, corn bread or tainted corn cobs were the big culprits supposidly. Does anyone no anything about this? What it might be called today if anything? The deat certificate said he was born in 1863 which has me really excited. Right here in Dover still. His parents were Louis COPPEDGE & ANNA GAFFORD. I've started studying TN history and it is so much fun! For instance Stewert County was started in 1803 but was actually Montgomery county before that. Montgomery County didn't form until 1796 ...the same year TN became a state! ANd boy did we have Indian problems! Mainly from the Cherokee..... Infact...it appears that when Montgomery County was formed...western TN was Cherokee Country. AND when the Mexican war started....alot of Volunteers were TN men! So maybe some of your ancestors were soldiers in this war. I'm reading a book called Tennessee Genealogical Research by George K. SCHWEITZER Phd, Scd If you can ever get an opportunity to see one of his seminars...do it! He is awesome! Tata...Anyone have GAFFORDS in their line?? Colleen COPPEDGE SIMPSON. "Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at Http://raogk.rootsweb.com" ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.