Thank you for your reply. I have only seen the marriage cert. on the Macoupin site and not much information is given. On the 1860 Cass Co. IL census the eldest daughter of Thomas and Mary Elliott Land appears in the Morgan and Mary White household. She is Elizabeth Land age 14. The other daughter of Thomas and Mary (Susan- age 12) is not listed in that household. The names of Thomas, Mary and Susan cannot be found on later census records nor in cemeteries that I have checked. Morgan and Mary White have 3 children of their own at the time of the 1860 census ages 6, 4 and 2. Mary White's age is 28 - a bit young to have a 14 year old girl of her own. (In other census records her age listed would have her being born in 1834.) Thanks for your suggestion - Judith On Mar 9, 2007, at 5:47 PM, Debbi Geer wrote: > > Have you considered obtaining a copy of the Mary > Land's marriage to Morgan White to see if her father > or mother gave consent or if she's listed as Mrs Mary > Land or a 2nd marriage is on the record? Finding one > would help to confirm if Mary was first married to > Thomas Land or if she was Miss Mary Land when she > married Morgan. > > Another way is to see if the two daughters of Thomas > and Mary Land are listed in the 1860 census with > Morgan and Mary White and appear to be White children > unless the Land surname appears with their entries. > > > Debbi Geer > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate > in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message