This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carter, Miles Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yh.2ADE/1962.1 Message Board Post: Jo, the 1858 marriage license is not going to give Dorcas' mothers name. However, I would look in the early marriage records for both IL and IN for marriages for a Joseph Miles, and then look for all of them in the 1850 census to see if you can find a match. Also, there might be an obit for Dorcas in either the Carmi or Enfield newspaper for the period, which can be researched by the local historical society or yourself, either by coming to the area or making a donation or using interlibrary loan to get the newspaper yourself. Of course, both obits and death certificates at that time were hit and miss.