This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qk.2ADI/2030.3.1.1 Message Board Post: I'm not sure if you have a marriage date on Nancy. I found a Nancy Thomas married Johm Spaulding (presume that's an error, most like John?) on July 21, 1853 in Clinton county. I'm still trying to find something. I would think there would have to be a record of some type where it switched the ownership of that piece of land you were mentioning. I wish I could get to Iowa to do some research for myself, I'd see what I could find for you. I live in Minnesota, so it's not that far for me. It's just getting the time to do it.