I am sending this request to both the Macoupin and Madison County lists as I'm just not sure where they were in 1900. the family has ties and has lived, given birth, died and been buried in both counties. If there is someone out there with the 1900 census index that would be kind enough to do a lookup it would be greatly appreciated. We are looking for on the 1900 census the family of: John W. Biggs born about 1851 in ILL, his wife Sarah born May 16, 1860 in Macoupin. Sarah died in Madison. With John and Sarah SHOULD be her children from her previous marriage to Andrew J. Armstrong. The children are Lois Armstrong born May 14, 1878, we believe Paul E. Armstrong born about 1889 and Lela Armstrong born February 15, 1890. I don't know if there were other children invlolved or not. We have lots of the other census record information, we have the IRAD marriage, and death information on various folks. What we are lacking is the 1900 census that should show the children still living with their mother as none of them got married until after 1903. However, to throw a glitch in the works, the family was at one point in MO. I found them on the 1880 census in Union Co., MO and Lela was born in MO in 1890. However, all of the children were married in ILL. which is why I'm assuming they were in ILL on the 1900 census. Thank you for listening to my ramblings. Donna and Robert Gill in MD