Hello Holmes Co researchers, (Jackson, Calhoun, Geneva) (and Marlow cousins) I appologize for this long email but hope it will be helpful to some of you. I entered a "Marlow" search at Rootsweb.com for my Marlow ancestors, I came across the following site of "Samuel Commander descendants" from Barbour County, Ala. since I have other surnames connected to Barbour Co I decided to take a closer look. Boy am I glad I did. This is a fantastic find for any Commander researchers and many many other "local" surnames. I have found mention of quite a few HOLMES, Jackson, Geneva,Calhoun, county (and others within our region), surnames that just might be helpful to some of you. I decided to share the site with you folks "just in case" you want to browse through and see if you might have some connections. It is one long continuous page, there are a LOT of other surname links at the bottom of the page.......I believe it will be well worth your time to check this out. If any of you are the author of this site,(or know who is) please let me know so I can personally thank him/her for posting such an informative site, ALSO...I would love to hear from any of you that do find some helpful info, that way, I will know that I haven't wasted my time today and others time in reading this lengthy mail. ;) Please put HOLMES county in the subject line so it will alert me upon sight. ;) or just hit reply and it will go to the list in case others might be interested in seeing your post. For those of you that the hyperlink won't work, just cut and paste the url. <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~albarbou/samuelcommander.htm">Samuel Commander</A> http://www.rootsweb.com/~albarbou/samuelcommander.htm In addition to being a goldmine for Commander searchers,I will just mention a few of the surnames that mentioned, Holmes, Jackson, Coffee,Dale,Barbour, Calhoun, Geneva county etc. they are: HUDSON, HART, HOWELL, TOOLE, WATFORD, HUGHES, OWENS, DANCY, RENFO, SCOTT, VAUGHAN, CURRY, CULLIFER, MOTLEY, HUGGINS, LANGFORD, PRESCOT, STANLEY, HARRELL, GALLOWAY, BARRETT, HALL, SPEARS, SINGLETARY, SAMMONS, SLEDGE, SAINT, MIMS, PITTMAN, STAFFORD, BOWERS, KIRKLAND, BELL, COVINGTON, MCDUFFIE, YATES, PETTY, WHITE, SHEFFIELD, ANDREWS, JONES, GRANGER, BROWN, DUNN, BRYAN, There are MANY more that I passed (first half of the page) before I thought about sharing with our Holmes Co.neighboring county researchers and Marlow researchers that may or may not be subscribed to any of these lists. NOW...I am going to print this out so I can read it thoroughly at my leisure. By the way, I did find some Marlow info that I didn't have. Don't know exactly how they connect yet, but know that they must. Wesley Marlow/Tildy Commander and children. I have some 1900 census info with some of the children on it, (Pearlie A, Etta, & Amanda) but not a direct tie as of yet. Some dates conflict if any of you have any Marlow info to share I would appreciate it. Again I apologize for this lengthy mail. Have a great day and good luck to you all. Ann Marlow Hall (see bottom for further Marlow info) Coordinator for <A HREF=" http://www.rootsweb.com/~flholmes/holmes.htm"> http://www.rootsweb.com/~flholmes/holmes.htm</A> Cathy Popp Co-coordinator [email protected] Listowner for: [email protected] [email protected] My surnames are: Marlow, Dykes, Tew, Hall, Toole and others. 7th Children of Robert Ira Commander and his wife from page 48: d) Matilda "Tildy" Commander. Buried Mt. Ida Methodist Church Cemetery, New Hope Community, Holmes County, Florida. Married Wesley Marlow. 8th Children of Matilda "Tildy" (Commander) Marlow and her husband: 1. Jessie Marlow. Said to have died in infancy. 2. Pearly Marlow. Married Sarah _______? Said to have lived near Darlington, Florida. 3. Attla Marlow. Married Bud Johnson. 4. Ola Marlow. Said to be deceased. 5. Etta Marlow. Married Dave Lindsey. Said to be oldest daughter and to have once lived in Hartford and Geneva, Alabama. 6. Amady Marlow. 7. Alex Marlow. 8. Andrew or Ander Marlow. Married ____? in Alabama. 9. Malcomb Marlow. Married ____? Sanders. 10. Annia Marlow. 11. Mamie Lou Marlow. 12. Annalee or Anna Lee Marlow. Said to be deceased. 13. Richard Marlow. Said to be deceased. 14. Mandy Lou Marlow. Said to be deceased. 15. Elsie or Elza Marlow, perhaps Elsie May. 16. Hurtis Marlow. Said to lived 61 Third Avenue, Whistler, Alabama in 1963.