Hi Nanci, Yes, I already know that it probably is Missouri. However, for the sake of clarifying exactly what the Bible record shows, let me further say that it is spelled with a capital M and the other letters are lower case. All of the writing is cursive (long-hand), and no printing. Mif the f extends well above and below the line, Mifs the s is very clear, and does not extend below the line. Mifsouri Ann E. Deloach - Ann is definitely another word, and the E. is definitely another initial. The Bible records are inconsistent, however. Those records were from the left page. I notice that records on the right page about the same person are contradictory. That page is to follow. Tim Carter On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 11:24:30 -0700 "NANCI PRESLEY-HOLLEY" <nancip-h@worldnet.att.net> writes: >Dear Tim, > >On your Mifsouri -- it's probably Missouri -- I have an aunt who was >named >Tennessee and the way they wrote the "s's" back then looked like "fs". > Just >thought this might help and you probably already knew it any way. >Thanks >for posting the Bible notations. > >Nanci > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.