Hi! I'm new to the list and hoping to find some help with a brick wall. My gggg-grandfather was Andrew MCGAHEY. He was born January 1784 in Kentucky, exact place unknown. He married Elizabeth MANAN in Franklin county Indiana on 1 January 1829. Elizabeth was born 4 November 1808 in Kentucky, exact place unknown. I do not know if they knew each other in Kentucky, or if they moved to Indiana with or without family and then met there. Franklin county is of course right on the border, so who knows? After marriage, they settled in Hancock county, New Palestine, IN. They raised several girls, only one of whom I have traced: my ggggrandmother Jane McGahey ARTHUR. They had at least three boys, all of whom died either as children or as young adults with no offspring. In anything rings a bell for someone, I'd love to hear from you. Also, given the age difference, I've wondered if Andrew might have had a previous wife, perhaps in Kentucky? I do know that in all the records I find for him, the name is spelled MCGAHEY, not McGaughey, or other variants which seem to be more common. Only in the marriage index is it spelled McGahee, but that index seems to have a lot of typos too. So far I haven't found any records with the McGahey spelling in Kentucky that predate the 1830's or 1840's, so no definite links. On the chance that naming patterns might come into play, Andrew & Elizabeth had: Jane James Michael Mary Sarah A. Margaret Andrew S. Jr. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Jill Arthur Barry ******************* Researching surnames in: INDIANA - Arthur, McGahey, Manan, Long, Niles, Scott, McConahay, Pritchard, Sutton MICHIGAN - Boboltz, Mitchell, Doezema, Engberts, Matschulat, Olechnowicz, Weber, Kamiske WISCONSIN - Barry, Oravez, Hadrian, Skwierawski, and the list goes on...