Have you ever lost a female ancestor? You know she was married and that her spouse had died. Then she disappears from the records. Some possibilities: 1 - She was missed in the records. 2 - She moved out of the area and is living with relatives in another location or 3 - She remarried. Many widows did not remain that way very long, especially if they had children. Widowers were also quick to remarry if they were left with children and needed a woman to do the cooking, clean the cabin and take care of his young 'ens. If a widow remarried, she might have re-located or be hiding right under your nose. Did you ever consider that she did re-marry and at her death was buried by her first husband rather than her second husband? It happened! Or did you ever come upon records where a man is buried and there are two or more unidentified females buried in close proximity? Could one be his first wife and the other a second wife? Sandi