Hello Lois, Many thanks for your reply and help. I have contact with Ken Cuthbertson whose relatives lived next door to the Andrew family in Crawford on the 1900 census, of which I do have a copy with Alfreds details etc. I dont seem to be able to find him past 1900. Ken has given me some information which says Alfred died Feb 8 1910 aged 42, and is buried in the Girard KS ( which one? there are so many!) with members of the WELLS and ROBERTS family. Would it be possible for you to look up this for me please? (What is the criteria on death certificates in the US now? Cost etc? And how would I access this correctly?) Alfred had two brothers also whom I cant locate positively but perhaps they may be on his death details. Parents: John WRIGHT born April 1819 Warnockland,Fenwick,Ayrshire. Margaret GEMMELL born September 14 1827 Amlaird,Fenwick,Ayrshire died December 22 1874 Sparta,Illinois Children: James A Wright born 1858 Randolph, Illinois(1880 Tilden,Illinois census) John S Wright born 1859 as above(1860 Sparta,Illinois census) Alpherd/Alford/Alfred G Wright born August 4 or 6 1867 possibly Illinois >From information I have found on 1870 Randolph census Alfred and brother James are living with the Andrew family, Alfred stayed with them until the 1900 census in Kansas. My problem is that I dont have credit cards so therefore cant access Ancestry.com and many other pay to view sites. I have been lucky enough to access Ancestrys free web time while it has been available and have gleaned some information from there which has been a wonderful help. I only have this one family line in the USA and it would be good to have this family complete. If there is ANY research I can do in New Zealand in exchange for you, or anyone else willing to research for me I will gladly return the favour. I have 12 years of research in New Zealand and some wonderful resource material available. Many thanks again for your help. Regards, Charmaine Andresen (nee WRIGHT) ---------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:52:52 GMT From: "cabincreek@juno.com" Subject: [KSCRAWFO] Alfred Wright and Andrew Family To: KSCRAWFO@rootsweb.com Charmaine, I did a little research for you and found that the Andrew family (Yes, it was Andrew rather than Andrews) came to Crawford County, Kansas about 1886. John and Arethusa Andrew are listed as members of a group of Scottish Presbyterians who came from the area of Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois and settled near the town of Girard. They and many of their family are buried at the cemetery at Girard. One tombstone indicates the Andrew brothers were born in Ayrshire, Scotland. I checked through my resources for Crawford County (cemetery, birth, and marriage records) for the time period and didn't find any listing for Alfred Wright other than an Alfred Wright who was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Cherokee, Kansas in 1888 and 1889 and performed several marriages during that period of time. I have not yet been able to check the 1910 census to see whether he is listed as living in Crawford County then. Hope this gives you a few clues that might help. Lois Kay ------------ New Zealand Society of Genealogists. http://www.genealogy.org.nz New Zealand Scottish Interest Branch. http://www.scotgroup.tk/ Our Family Tree Online. http://www.genesreunited.co.uk SOME OLD FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wasu66nz/my_photos WAIHI,WAIKATO,NEW ZEALAND: http://www.waihi.org.nz Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com