Have you checked for a death record? What was her full name at death? Date of death? I can check in AL & GA EVERETTLATTIMORE@aol.com wrote: >I am thrilled to get a response from this list. Thank you all so much. > Here is why I ask. > My great grand mother Sarah Hannah Copeland is my major stone wall. > According to most and census she was born about 1880 give or take 3 to >four years. > Bad time to be born for research purposes!!!! > The earliest I can find her is living in Alabama with her sister Mary >born about 1874. who is married to a James R. Teague ( born Union county Ga.). >Living with them is listed as sister in law Sarah H. Copeland age abt 16. >This is 1900 Census DeKalb Alabama. > This couple William and Sarah Copeland in Marietta just about fit the >bill as far as the girls go. Or do you think I'm streaching to far? I was >thinking since Sarah Teal you say was born in Alabama according to Census, that >maybe One or both Wiiliam and Sarah died and the girls went to live with family >in Alabama by 1900. I can NOT find one shered of anything on Sarah prior to >1900. And, naturally with out knowing the parents can't narrow Mary down. > There is a large clan of Copeland's living in DeKalb county 1900 but >can't say for sure they are any relation. > > Again, thank you so very much for your reply. I will follow your >leads and perhaps track her down. > Thank you, Thank you > > > > > >

Terry is right. A death certificate should give you what you need to move past the hurdles. I noticed that there's an Alexander Copeland family living on the page following Mary and James Teague in 1900 Dekalb County, and I suspect a connection, simply because they lived so near. I would suspect also that Sarah was staying with her sister Mary to help take care of the new baby and that it was perhaps not a permanent situation. Who did Sarah Hannah marry? What were the names of her children? It might be that she named a child for one of her parents - or one of her siblings - and you might be able to get a handle on her Copeland family through customary naming patterns. ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Jackson To: GACOBB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [GACOBB] seeking info - COPELAND Have you checked for a death record? What was her full name at death? Date of death? I can check in AL & GA EVERETTLATTIMORE@aol.com wrote: >I am thrilled to get a response from this list. Thank you all so much. > Here is why I ask. > My great grand mother Sarah Hannah Copeland is my major stone wall. > According to most and census she was born about 1880 give or take 3 to >four years. > Bad time to be born for research purposes!!!! > The earliest I can find her is living in Alabama with her sister Mary >born about 1874. who is married to a James R. Teague ( born Union county Ga.). >Living with them is listed as sister in law Sarah H. Copeland age abt 16. >This is 1900 Census DeKalb Alabama. > This couple William and Sarah Copeland in Marietta just about fit the >bill as far as the girls go. Or do you think I'm streaching to far? I was >thinking since Sarah Teal you say was born in Alabama according to Census, that >maybe One or both Wiiliam and Sarah died and the girls went to live with family >in Alabama by 1900. I can NOT find one shered of anything on Sarah prior to >1900. And, naturally with out knowing the parents can't narrow Mary down. > There is a large clan of Copeland's living in DeKalb county 1900 but >can't say for sure they are any relation. > > Again, thank you so very much for your reply. I will follow your >leads and perhaps track her down. > Thank you, Thank you > > > > > >