Hello Juli! Thank you for the suggestions! I do have Jackson Neace's pension info and it does have all of his children listed. Sarah Jane is not listed, so that is another reason I don't believe she is his daughter. I tried to locate the 1865 military census, but did not find it online. I guess I can probably order it from somewhere, so will try that later. I have not yet ordered probate info for Elias Neace, Elisabeth Wheat or Vincent Wheat. I had forgotten that there would probably be a guardianship record. Do you know if those records would be in Jackson County or if they would be at IRAD? I guess I can look up that info online. Also, thank you for sending the copy of the census record for Christopher Nece/Neace. I had found that record a few years ago, when going page by page through the census looking for Jackson Neace. I guess it might be a good idea for me to spend some time looking at Christopher and Henry's families, as that may help me find out a little more about Jackson and his mother Elisabeth. Thanks again for the suggestions and the encouragement to get started on my research again. Best wishes! Janis On Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:02:16 -0600 "Juli Claussen" <timjuli@earthlink.net> writes: > Hi Janis, > I have a couple of small suggestions for you that might help.