It does give one a great feeling to "find" one of the ancestors. Now I'm going to work on identifying the great grandparents of Malendeth. I know that his grandparents were Buriah and Hanna Dunn out of Indiana but that is as far back as the line has been taken. There are a ton of Dunn's in Indiana but I'm going to give it a try. I've not done any research in the areas of your people. You mention Indian - have you searched those records? Have you searched the local histories that may have been published in the counties where they lived - often those will give stories of related lines with clues on your line. Have you read any newspapers (either hard copy or those on microfilm) for the area/time where the people lived; often those will give a one or two line snippet such as "announce the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. X". I found one from an 1840 newspaper to that effect out in CA. Have you searched the published cemetery books - often headstones will offer clues about children/parents and of course the death notices/obits out of newspapers offer clues. Good luck with your brick wall! [email protected] wrote: ------------------------------------------------------------------ What an encouragement that you found your man. Our brick wall is Malonna/Lona/Loney Dunn of Moore County NC. We know she had 4 children by different fathers, and the youngest was my great grandfather, James Harrison (Jim) Dunn who married Elizabeth Kennedy in Moore County. She had a sister in the same area, with whom she lived several years. She also lived with Jim Dunn's family near Star, and was buried on their farm. What we cannot find is any record of her birth or parentage. Some say she was Indian. There are several Malona Dunns of that era in that area, but this one never married; her children carry her maiden name. Jim Dunn had 12 children, some of whom migrated with the tar industry to North Florida, Southern Alabama, and Louisiana. We've found over 1000 descendents of Jim Dunn and Elizabeth Kennedy, and can trace Elizabeth's ancestry. But Malona continues to be a mystery. Any ideas of where else to look? Many of the county records were burned in a county courthouse fire.