My mother, Lethia (b. Alethia c. 1919. d. 1997) Smith, shows up in the 1930 census for Murray County, Shuck Pen Township, living with L. Raymond and Nammie (?) Smith listed as their daughter (it looks like she is listed as 11 years old). These Smiths are only in their early 20's! It seems L. Raymond is the son of landowner Taylor Smith, married to Essie. We have found this Smith family in the 1920 census in the same location, but not before. We have also found cemetery listings (Center Valley) for Taylor, Essie and a son, Roy J. and his wife. Here's the thing, my mother was an orphan in the Atlanta area . We literally have only one piece of paper to link her c. 1924 -1928, a medical examination record with no institution name. We are assuming it is from the Atlanta area because it is signed by physician Benjamin T. Beasley, whom we located in the Fulton County/Atlanta 1930 census and city directories from 1915-1928, but that's it --- no affiliation to anything. We do not know where she was in Atlanta and have no dates prior to this record or after the 1930 census until she married my Dad in 1942. She does not have a birth certificate on file (for which we have confirmation from the State of Georgia). We do have an 'Affidavit For Adding Name To Birth Record Of Child Not Named At Time Of Birth' dated 1942, filled out in my Mom's handwriting, that shows her father's name as Labon Smith and her mother's name as Frankie Berryhill Smith; with a birth date of October 28, 1919. (The word: Named has been crossed out and the word: Filed inserted on the Affidavit); it is notarized. We are/have been pursuing Labon and Frankie, but not doing too well. We do not know if the Smith family she was living with in 1930 were relatives or a name coincidence. We have, of course, heard a number of stories from our Mom over the years, but nothing to really substantiate much as far as seeking records. So, we're wondering if there are any school, adoption, foster care records for her during her time in Murray County. What can be found on the Taylor J. Smith family --- they had 6 kids (s. Carroll/Caroll b. c. 1900, s. Roy J. b. 1902, s. L. Raymond/Raymond, b. c. 1906, s. Q. John/John Q. - can't read the Q name on the census b. c. 1910, d. Esther Lois b. c. 1912, s. Fred b. c. 1917. They were landowners and died in the area! Maybe somebody in the area has knowledge of Lethia or where she came from. Many thanks for reading thru & any help you can provide.