Hi List, The Following article was gleaned from the "Webster County Wagonwheel"... While searching census and other records for a long lost ancestor, many times I have found a family that sounded really familar, except for some new children with same birth dates as my ancestor, but my ancestor was not listed. I am sure most of you have experienced this. A letter written in 1909 about the life of a great grandmother may explain part of this mystery. The following is from a recent genealogy news letter. The lady in the story had a brother named John who was away fighting in the Mexican war, she hardly ever got to hear from him. She had got word to him that she was having a baby. She had a daughter, and named her Emily Nevel, a letter came from her brother John saying "Name the baby for me" So even though it was a girl, and had already been named she was always called "Johnnie" after the brother. The next child was Virginia Adelaide, called "Jennie". Next born was Mary Elizabeth whose name they shortened to "Cora". Whenever a new baby came one of her friends would ask to have it named for them and she says...... "That accounts for so many of the children having different names from the ones first given them. After reading this I have decided it will be a miracle if I find anyone. .....Emily Honarah Wheeler Waide, b. 1823 as told to Amanthus Buckner Kimball in 1909 ********* \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************