Charlotte, That is why you have such a neat site....you enjoy your work and your place had been most beneficial. I have a problem maybe you or someone could help with. Thomas RANNALS married Adelia Anna BARKLEY (dau of Henry BARKLEY and Elizabeth M. SIMON). I know they were buried, I believe, in Sutton Cemetery. I have his obituary. Says he was born 22 January 1853 in Niles, (Trumbull Co. Ohio), while his official death record says Pittsburg, Allegheny Co., Pa. In one of the Jackson Co. History books they mention John WADDLE and his wife Eliza (Campbell) Waddle. They fostered him. In the book the last name is Reynolds, but it really is RANNALS. According to the 1860 Jackson Co., Iowa census he and th Waddles were there and he went by Thomas Waddle. When he was older, her then went by Renils, Rannels, and Rannals. Some of the childeren were George RANNALS, John RANNALS, Nora, Elizabeth "Babe" and my Pateral Grandmother, Nettie Eliza RANNALS, who married Elman Russell MASSCEY, son of Fred and Ora Catherine CLARK MASSCEY. In other words, how can I find who his bio parents were? Are ther any records of a Wagon train from Ohio to Iowa in 1854 (summer) as Tom was 18 months when his parents left him with the Waddles? We were told that the parents may have went with other WADDLEs like a James Waddle in the wagon train...they either died en route to Iowa or after arriing there, from the influenza. OR....they just plain disappeard and abandoned him! What am I to do? Any hep would be appreciated.. Mary Lou thanks for all your work you do. > > Charlotte?... Are you still the keeper of the web site? > > Yes, I am. And I have a Biographies board specifically for posting > biographies (funny how that works). Look under B for Biographies. P.S. I > have no relatives in Jackson County. I just happen to live here and love > genealogy. If I can't work on my own, at least I can help others work on > theirs, as I am a stay-home mom. > > Charlotte M. Meyer - coordinator > Jackson County, IAGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajackso/ > > > > ==== IAJACKSO Mailing List ==== > PLEASE do not submit virus warnings, chain letters, or off-topic > material to the list! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >