Connie, thanks for your suggestion, but the churches I have looked at for Ohio for other lines, only a few records exist. the only one I've had any success with beyond marriage records is the Portage County Congregationalist church-that's where my Cynthia Ross was baptized, and that's all they had beside marriages. the Moore/Searles family was Catholic and Mormon-there's a mix for you <g>. I know Catholic records for the early years are pretty good, but not knowing the county or the town....I don't know where in Ohio the Moore's came from, so I would be at a serious loss as to where to look. One has to know at least the county, and I don't have a clue-their only child's death record was blank when we got it-names unknown, places unknown. they had two children. one died before 1900, name unknown. the other child, Thomas Edward/Edwin Moore, was not a religious man, if the family stories about his mischief hold true. hmmm, I should post him to blacksheep, now that I think of it-maybe they can help. Thomas was a farmer, then a mule team driver. nothing that'd leave records behind. J. Scott Moore was a long time teacher, but may have worked at something else before he took up teaching. family stories are that he taught Edwardian script. J. Scott m. Martha K. ____?_____. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: Cornelia Warner Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES] Re: does anyone know what to do? Hi One of the suggestions is church records. If you know what religion your family was then and perhaps still is--is a good source of information. Did he marry, have children? What did he do for work? Hope some of these suggestions help in some way Connie - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------