I really don't know,yet. I haven't gotten that far in my research. My mother's father, Andrew Hancock died in 1918 when she was an infant. I've been researching each generation to understand the family dynamics. I prefer to have at least 3 documents to support my findings. Given the scare information available from that area in that time, I'm reading alot and still there are gaps which keep me spinning my wheels. For example, my Andrew's mother was Mahaila E. according to his marriage record,death record,birth record and the Bland census in 1900 and 1910. Only one of his sister's had a birth record listing mother only as Mahaila E. All 3 sisters and 1 of brothers married which I have found the marriage records, all list mother only as Mahaila E. The death records from the brothers and sisters, the mother is listed only as Mahaila E. I know Mahaila was from Giles County from the census and I know the year they were married, but I've not been able to find her and Marcus Walker Hancock's marriage record. Mahaila died during the time VA. didn't require or keep records. Any suggestions on where to search for Mahaila's and Walker's marriage record? How can I find the maiden name of my great-grandmother? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
In 1900 census it list Andrews mother as Margaret and I think you were trying to say Margaret somewhere in your statement but got hung up on Mahalia.How many children have Margaret as mother and how many with Mahalia?As for a marriage license well even if Mahalia/Margaret was from Giles Co she may of moved from there to Bland Co where she met up with Andrew and married. I think I would be more inclined to look in Bland Co because of Andrew being born and raised there and staying in that area. Good luck . Tamara ----- Original Message ----- From: "karen fallin" <karen_fallin@hotmail.com> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] southwestern Va. > I really don't know,yet. I haven't gotten that far in my research. > > My mother's father, Andrew Hancock died in 1918 when she was an infant. I've > been researching each generation to understand the family dynamics. I prefer > to have at least 3 documents to support my findings. Given the scare > information available from that area in that time, I'm reading alot and > still there are gaps which keep me spinning my wheels. > For example, my Andrew's mother was Mahaila E. according to his marriage > record,death record,birth record and the Bland census in 1900 and 1910. Only > one of his sister's had a birth record listing mother only as Mahaila E. All > 3 sisters and 1 of brothers married which I have found the marriage records, > all list mother only as Mahaila E. The death records from the brothers and > sisters, the mother is listed only as Mahaila E. I know Mahaila was from > Giles County from the census and I know the year they were married, but I've > not been able to find her and Marcus Walker Hancock's marriage record. > Mahaila died during the time VA. didn't require or keep records. > > Any suggestions on where to search for Mahaila's and Walker's marriage > record? How can I find the maiden name of my great-grandmother? > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > >