This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lively, Dickey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5g.2ADI/55.1.1.1 Message Board Post: In the original Livelys of America book, I found Reuben Lively, b. 1815, who lived in Washington Co., IL during the 1850 census. He married Permelia Ford McBride and they had about 10 kids. One of those children was a Nancy J. and the census has her one year old (does this make her too young to be the Nancy Jane you're looking for?). This Nancy J. Lively was born May 22, 1850 (or thereabouts) and married Milton Wallace Dickey. Together, they had 9 children. Does any of this ring a bell? If so, I'll get more info. for you. You might also try the www.livelyroots.com website and follow the tree of Thomas Lively from South Carolina. Many of his descendants moved to the Washington or Randolph Co., IL areas. You'll find a few others with the Dickey name there too.