Thanks Mary, No I have not checked those sources - I am not at all familiar with USA resources. I did have a bit of a browse through the death index but was unsure of the procedure. Kay At 09:29 AM 03-09-00 -0700, you wrote: >Kay, it doesn't appear than I can be of any help to you. It seems no matter >how much information you have collected, what you need is not there. The >only thing I have at all on this family is a birth of a Robert Jolly in >Jewel Co.Kn. He was the son of Joseph Jolly,b;Eng. and mother Rebecca, >b:Iowa. Have you tried the 1870 or 1880 census for Jewel Co.Kn. ? Or do you >have access ? I no longer live any were near a library so I can't look it >up for you. Maybe one of the people who read this message will offer....Mary >At 01:47 PM 09/03/2000 +0800, you wrote: >>Hi Mary, >> >>Glad to see you on board! I have tried to contact you on several occasions >>but without success. >> >>I have the will of Joseph JOLLY (1825 - 1889) who mentions his brother the >>wife of William JOLLY deceased of Jewell County Kansas. I believe his wife >>to be Philippa. They were still in Cornwall when Wm's father died as he >>was the notifier at his death in 1859. >> >>William and his family must have gone to USA after 1859. In the 1851 >>census the family was at Calves Meloder, St Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall >>and there was >> >>William, head, m, 34, miner, b Ladock >>Phillipa, wife, m, 33, wife of miner, b St Stephen in Brannel >>Eliz, dau, u, 8, , b St Austell >>Philippa, dau, 6, scholar, b St Austell >>Wm, son, 4, scholar, b St Stephen >>Joseph, son, 3, , b St Stephen >> >>William's parents were John JOLLY & Loveday nee BLACKMORE >> >>Have you any information regarding William's family? >> >>Many thanks - Kay >> >>Kay Hinnrichsen Mandurah, Western Australia >> >>Listowner Rootsweb *JOLLY *BOSANKO *TONKIN Lists - also searching for >>WILSON, ECCLESTONE, HINRICHSEN and more >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/ >>Research Names: >>http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/research/hin02.html >> >> >> >>============================== >>Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >>Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >>http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > > Kay Hinnrichsen Mandurah, Western Australia Listowner Rootsweb *JOLLY *BOSANKO *TONKIN Lists - also searching for WILSON, ECCLESTONE, HINRICHSEN and more http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/ Research Names: http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/research/hin02.html