Hello to everyone on the list... Since we're talking about our stories - let me share one of mine. My gr-grandfather, Isaac Kilgore died in 1932. When I got a copy of his death certificate the cause of death was listed as "dead when we got there." The interesting thing was that he died while in jail - he had been arrested for making moonshine. (This was in West Virginia.) When I mentioned this to my mother, she accused me of "stirring up trouble" and told me to quit "messing". Another time, when I was checking the 1910 census in Tennessee, I found my grandmother as a child with her parents - what I found interesting was that her oldest sister was listed as being a widow with a small baby (several months old). Again, when I questioned my mother, she told me to "Let sleeping dogs die, and to quit asking questions." When I asked my aunt (Mom's oldest sister), she remembered that my gr-aunt's first husband had been killed in an accident, and the baby died before she was 3 years old. The "silence" of the family is part of the reason that I'm having trouble figuring which William was Isaac's father. I'm working on the premise that he is the William that is buried with Julia A. in Mt Zion Cemetery - am trying to get copies of military records to see if I can link him that way. Good to see the board light up again. On another note...there have been messages to Donna about this being her fist Christmas alone, but there is someone else that has not been mentioned - don't know if she stayed on the board after we lost Jack, but this was Lois Goins first Christmas alone as well. I'm not trying to be critical, just reminding some of us who have been here awhile that there are lots of needs and concerns that we may not even know about. Sorry for the length of this - making up for not having posted in awhile. May each one of you have a safe and blessed New Year - and may this be the year that the pieces finally start coming together in a way that actually makes sense. Love & hugs to all, Nina Christmas in Texas 46 degrees and cloudy in Wharton