Send for the death certificate, the ones of who can get the ones on microfilm, can only get them from 1911-1952, so you will have to send to Frankfort for the death certificate, this should tell the parents names, and the informant maybe be related also. If this is the right one you can then get an Obit, to see all the other information. Does she know where he was Born? the two that show up are probably the ones you have the census on, one was born IN, the other in KY. I think if it was one of these, the Orville in Jacobs Parks must be him, and 33. There is an Orr HARRIS Black age 31, with a wife Senora. You might want to look at the birth certificate for him. Or you might want to get the Social security paers here is the one that was Born in IN. Also you can join the KYcensus-lookup-lookup site, there are all name listings on Ancestry, and they would maybe be able to find him in the 1900 census since he would be 14. There are 296 Harris families in the 1900 census so with t! he all name index that is your best shot Orville D Harris - International Genealogical Index / NA Gender: Male Birth: 12 APR 1885 Clay Twp, Wayne, Indiana -- Teddy List Mom for the Grayson Co Ky List, Brady, Vertrees, Ford, Fulkerson,and Commonwealth http://www.kygenweb.net/pd-res/deford.html -------------- Original message -------------- > My sister and I have different fathers and I am trying to help her find her > father's family history information. She knows her dad was named Eddie and his > dad was Orville HARRIS. Eddie was in the army at Fort Knox. She can't remember > her grandmother's name but the census information I show her for the Orville > Harris men I have found she says is not the right person. I'm stumped and > haven't much to go on. She knows she has at least two aunts; one married a man > whose surname is/was NACKE and the other married a name whose surname is/was > WILSON. She believes the man I found in the kentucky death records (orville > harris) who died in 1977 is the right guy. If so, he was born 22 Feb 1886 and > died > Nov 1977. The records show a D. for a middle initial; however, when I show her > the census information for this guy she says it is the wrong guy, wrong wife, > wrong kids. We know he lived out in the valley station area, maybe shively > area before that. This needle in the haystack is giving me a headache. Does > anyone have any suggestions on how I could proceed? > Pam > > > ==== KYJEFFER Mailing List ==== > Submit your information to the Metro Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky > History and Genealogy Project. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjeffer/ for > information on how to submit. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >