Mr. Henderson: Although your message to which I respond is two years old, it's never too late, is it? I was wondering (and hoping) if the name JAMES LANTY HENDERSON has possibly cropped up somewhere in your research. He was the father of my husband, Jerald Lanty Henderson. I have NO information on him other than what appears on Jerry's birth certificate. He was evidently born in or about 1885 (exact date and location are unknown), his being 44 when Jerry was born in Lincoln, NE in 1929. He died from bone cancer a few years later - somewhere in the early- to mid-1930s (evidently BEFORE social security numbers were issued since his name does not appear in the social security death records). At the time of his demise, he and his wife operated a boarding house (or small hotel) that catered to jockeys who rode at the adjacent track on the Nebraska State Fair Grounds. His family also included a daughter, Norma (later Mrs. John Halvorson) who was older than Jerry. Later, his widow ! - the former Amalia (note the spelling of her Christian name) Harding (born USSR in 1900; arrived USA via Hamburg, Germany in 1906)- married a second time to a John McNeil and toward the end of the 1930s, the family moved from Nebraska to the greater Los Angeles area. Amalia Harding Henderson McNeil died in San Bernardino in 1966. We have no other information on James Lanty Henderson. (My husband has never had an interest in his background and does not really even remember his father.) If any of this sketchy information rings a bell, I will appreciate hearing from you. Many thanks, Betty Arnold Henderson, Bradenton, Florida.