In a message dated 5/19/2007 11:18:22 A.M. Central Daylight Time, VivianJ8169@aol.com writes:My cousin was married in 50s to a William Ensminger, his father was George from Kansas ago. Wm and parents are dead, so she really dosnt know anything about their background. Just thought I would throw that info to you.Kathy Since Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri are only separated by a river it occurred to me maybe there was an error back in the 1800 which state a person was really born in or died in. If they have always use he "river as the border" the earthquake in 1811 did change the river. I know this was before Kansas was a state; however, we have had floods and this could possibly have changed it. Also the Corp of Engineers (whenever they started) made changes to the rivers and its tributaries. I think the corps started in 1775. This is all just crazy possibilities I know....but I have been told we people who like genealogy are a bit this way. Vivian ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

That Wm lists his father as being born in France in a census and does give the father as George. I got the impression it was an unrelated family. But.......... I don't know about the river theory, but people who lived in KCK - the city itself - often moved back and forth to MO. So yours is a great point to bring up. It's worth checking KCMO. There are marriage records online. Didn't see your people. http://records.co.jackson.mo.us/search.asp?cabinet=marriage here are also city directories that go way back. And the state death records are also online. The site seems to be down right now. http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ The thing to know when searching is that pre-1910 records haven't all been scanned into the database yet. Patricia On 5/19/07, KBabin1070@aol.com <KBabin1070@aol.com> wrote: > > > In a message dated 5/19/2007 11:18:22 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > VivianJ8169@aol.com writes:My cousin was married in 50s to a > William Ensminger, his father was George from Kansas ago. Wm and > parents are dead, so she really dosnt know anything about their > background. Just thought I would throw that info to you.Kathy > > Since Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri are only separated > by a > > river > it occurred to me maybe there was an error back in the 1800 which state > a > person was really born in or died in. > > If they have always use he "river as the border" the earthquake in 1811 > did > > change the river. I know this was before Kansas was a state; however, > we > have had floods > and this could possibly have changed it. Also the Corp of Engineers > (whenever they started) made changes to the rivers and > its tributaries. I > think the > corps started in 1775. > > This is all just crazy possibilities I know....but I have been told we > people who like > genealogy are a bit this way. > > Vivian > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the > body of the message > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >