Hi Elizabeth, When I was in Clarkesville in June, I made a copy of the "Vital Statistics Index, Habersham County, GA "Births". It has a delayed birth file A-1926 listed for Frank Newton Ivester filed 15 Jul 1947 in which Frank gave his father's name as John Nichols Ivester. I have changed my records from Newton to Nichols based on this information. By the way, Frank's date of birth was 10 Dec 1882. I have a date of birth for his father of 19 Apr 1842. . Interesting coincidence my own father's middle name was Nichols and his father's middle name was Nicholas. Edna I. Cole Elizabeth Harris <ncgen@mindspring.com> wrote:John N. IVESTER was born about 1840, son of George IVESTER and Nancy WHISENANT. From family sources, I had his middle name as Nicholas (which would be reasonable, considering that Nancy's father was named John Nicholas). However, I've been told by some of the folks on this list that his middle name was Newton. Does anyone have definitive information or documentation for this? I'm working on a genealogical package for my son-in-law for Christmas and would like to get this right. -- Elizabeth Harris ncgen@mindspring.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now