I got this message looking for help. I have included what I was able to find and Mr Crowley gave permission to post this to the message boards. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Crowley" <highpockets@pldi.net> To: "Johnny Arrington" <MasterSgt@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:21 AM Subject: Re: looking for grandparents I am looking for my mothers, mother I beleave she is Bettie Z. Allen she married a lively in Indiana or Ky, She was listed in thhe 1900 census her father was Harem C Allen, Mother Josephine' My mothers name was Inez Leona Lively, her father could have been William J Lively Any help you can give me is great. I have been looking only a short time and am not very good on a computer. I was Borned in Patesville, Ky on 12, 27, 27 My mother married Elijah Roland Crowley I can't seem to find where they were married Mom spent most of her first years in Cloverport, Ky. I am looking for anything concerning the following family Members. Harve C Allen Josie Allen Ella M Allen Bessie M Allen Robert C Allen Will Edward Allen Inez Lively Granddaughter of Harve C Allen Living with him in the 1910 census. > > Hi > > I don't have any of your names in my files so I probably can't help you > > much. I have some Hancock County books but the records that you need may > be > > in Breckinridge county or in Indiana. > > I did find the Allens in the census records and > > I found a marriage in Hancock County for > > Willie Lively and Miss Ella Allen May 18, 1906. Winesses were W H Kyler > and > > George Mickle signed by N H Bruner ; J. P. (justice of the Peace) George > > Mickle is the Allens next neighbor in the 1900 census. > > No Crowley listed but this book only goes to 1924 . > > If the ages are right in the census Bettie was only about 13. > > I found Inez in the 1920 census with her grandparents. She is listed as an > > Allen. > > your gr-grandfather was Harem in 1900 > > Harve in 1910 and Hiram in 1920. Taking it all together I'd guess Hiram > is > > probably right. > > I found Bessie Allen living with her grandparents George (age78) & Ellen > > (age78) Hefley in 1920 Hancock Co so Josephine was probably a Hefley. > > I did a search for some death certificates but could only find Josephine > > Allen in Hancock Co June 28 1929. Couldn't find Hiram anywhere. Death > > certificates weren't issued in Ky before 1911 but Hiram was in the 1920 > > census so he should have one.. If you can get to the library in Owensboro > > they have a lot of stuff in the Ky Room including death certificates on > > microfilm. > > If you want me to, I can post your query on some of the County Message > > lists and see if any one else is working on your family. There isn't much > > else I can really do for you with the resources that I have. I hope this > > helps a little > > Carol Arrington