Hi Lou, Thank you for the compliment on the Macoupin page. We have more for the page if and when I get around toit. Got too many things going, it seems. Yep, the early probate index is xeroxed AT LEAST twice and sitting on the dining room table. Yep, it is still sitting there........... Sending your message to the Macoupin County maillist. Hope someone there can help you with the 1900 soundex. I don't have access to it. I say Macoupin Muh coo pin or sometimes Muh coop in...... sooo Muhcoopin. Good luck. Gloria X-Sender: eciuno@mindspring.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4 (32) Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 13:47:59 -0500 To: glofra@townsqr.com From: "L. Young" <eciuno@mindspring.com> Subject: Gloria... I really enjoy seeing your work in Macoupin. Macoupin's page is awesome. Could you or someone help me? My gf was named Ira Chestnut Young and a lot of circumstantial evidence indicates his parents were Thomas J. Young and Nancy Standley; however, in the 1880 census, his parents are shown as G. J. and Nancy Young and that he had a sister named Maggie. I suspect a clerical error. By 1900, he was probably out of the house, but Maggie may have still been at home. Is there someone with access to a 1900 soundex who could confirm Ira's parentage. Also, this may sound silly, but what is the correct pronunciation of Macoupin (Mac-u-pin or Mac-oh-pin)? Thanks much! -- Lou