In a message dated 98-07-24 22:22:27 EDT, jhs1964@gte.net writes: > In this deed "Mary Stafford, widow" gave cattle and other > personal property to her mother, Ann Mary Magdeline Geiger. John, might she have been a step-mother? I have seen step-parents listed as parents in some early records. Would that solve your dilemma with Apolonia and Ann Mary Magdeline? Joan