This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CBB.2ACE/5836.1 Message Board Post: Hello, Jennifer, I am NOT related in anyway I know of. I am simply helping you get started with your family history. My first recommendation to you is that you either order on line or run out and purchase some sort of a genealogy program. This will help you to keep your information organized and will be there whenever you have the time or inclination to return to your family history work. My seond recommendation to you is that you start with YOU. You can then enter your name, your pertinent information, that of a spouse, that of your children, etc. etc. Then you can enter the names and dates of your parents and your husband's folks and so on and so forth and work your way backwards. THANK YOU for providing some specific names and dates for me to work with, I took the time to do some research for you for an hour or so this morning. Amazingly, people make postings with no names and NO DATES and expect you to be a mind reader with over 200 years of records. Here is the information I gathered for you. On your own, you need to explore the many on line resources that are available to you free. Go to the main Knox Co. web site, for example. You will find all the census records from 1910 to 1930 (latest one available) You will find marriage and many other records. On the Message Board for Knox co., you will see a "Search" line at the top left side of the posting menu. You can type in : REYNOLDS or McBEE or any other surname and then click on "Knox". The system will give you all other queries from the past where these names were mentioned. It is a good way to make contact with other researchers interested in your family names. 1930 Knox Co. KY - Dist #5 Dwelling 203-203 McBEE, John, head, 50, mar. at 24, b. TN; parents b. TN - farmer . .Celestine H., wife, 36, mar. at 15, b. KY; parents b. KY . .Dewey, son, 16, b. KY . .George, son, 10, b. KY . .Myrtle, 7, b. KY - dau . .Mary, dau, 6, b. KY * * . Junior, son, 4, b. KY . .Edith M., 1, b. KY Dweling 204-204 GARLAND, Harvey, head, 55, mar. at 25?, b. KY; parents b. KY - farmer . .Margaret, wife, 46, mar. at 26, b. kY; parents b. VA HARRIS, Buster?, nephew, 18, single, b. kY; parents b. VA GARLAND, Leonard, son, 22, b. KY; parents b. KY It is my believe that the given name, Cleedie (or variation thereof) is a shorten version of Celestine. All these births are from the KBI and all in Knox Co.: McBEE, June T. b. 4-3-1924 to Cleda GARLAND McBEE, Myrtle b. 5-11-1922 to Cleeda GARLAND McBEE, Bright M. b. 4-17-1932 to Cleada GARLAND McBEE, Lowel D. b. 5-23-1934 to Cleatie GARLEN MARRIAGE RECORD: Knox Co. 4-6-1911, Page #145 McBEE, J. W., age 26 Res: Tazwell, TN; born: Tazwell, TN lst marriage; occup: farmer Father: John McBEE, b. TN Mother: Mary mcBEE b. TN married at: Harve GARLAND's, Knox Co., KY by Wiley GARLAN; witnesses: G. W. LAWSON and J. W. LAWSON to: Cleatie GARLAN, age 15 Res: Cannon, Knox Co., KY; born: Knox Co. lst marriage Father: Harve GARLAND b. KY Mother: Louisa GARLAN b. KY 1920 Knox co., KY - Payne - Prec. #3 Dwelling 27-27 McBEE, John W., 35, b. TN; parents b. TN - farmer . .Cleda, wife, 21, b. KY; parents b. KY . Dewey, son, 2, b. KY Dwelling 27-28 GARLAND, Harvey, 44, b. KY . .Margaret H., wife, 34, b. KY . .Millie, 12, b. KY . .Leonard, 10, b. KY HARRIS, Polly, dau or dau. in-law, 18, b. VA; parents b. VA From the KDI: John W. McBEE died: 1-9-1963 in Whitley Co., KY Res: Knox Co., KY 78 years vol. 4, Cert 1908 1917-1918 Knox Co. Draft Registration Card McBEE, John b.: Dec 29, 1884 Age: 33 yrs Address: looks like Girdler, Knox Co, KY Occup: farmer married to: Cleeta McBEE Personal statistics: Medium height, medium build, blue eyes, Black hair - no scars 1900 Claiborne Co., TN - very difficult to read this microfilm but think this would be him: Dwelling 53-53 McBEE, John, b. 5-1827, 62, mar. 30 yrs, b. TN; parents b. TN - farmer . .___, wife, b. Mar 1845, 55, mar. 30 yrs, b.VA; parents b. NC - 4 born; 3 living . Aube??, aud, b. June 1884, 12, b. TN . .John, son, b. 6-1885, 14, b. TN . .Lee?, son, b. June 1887, 13, b. TN NOTE: In the cases of the ages of their children, one age is marked out and another marked in so you can see they are not entirely sure of the ages of their children. ------------------------- 1920 Knox Co., KY - Artemus Dwelling 9-9 REYNOLDS, Grant, 37, b. KY; parents b. KY - coal miner - renting . .Cynthia, wife, 36, b. KY . .Earl, son, 10, b. KY . .Hazel M., dau, 6, b. KY . .Tip, son, 3 yrs 6 months, b. KY * * * . Jane, mother, 78, widow, b. KY KDI: Grant REYNOLD lst , age: under 1, d. 8-28-1918 in Knox Co.' Vol. 47, Cert 23350 KBI: Tipton W. REYNOLD b. 4-29-1916 (note it says 29 vs. the 28th you stated), Vol. 42, Cert 20520, maiden name of mother: Cintha POTTER in Knox Co. REYNOLD, Grant lst b. 8-28-1918 to Cynthia POTTER in Knox Co. REYNOLDS, Hazel b. 3-9-1913 in Knox to Sinthy POTTER REYNOLDS, Grant to Cynthia POTTES on 11-10-1923 in Knox Co. MARRIAGE RECORD: 12-25-1906 REYNOLDS, Grant to POTTER, Sinthey in Knox Co.; marriage Book A-11, Page 343 Go to: http://www.usgenweb.org Click on "Kentucky" Scroll down to Vital Statistics. Gives info on ordering death and birth records. Marriage records are ordered from the court clerk in the county where the marriage took place. Good luck to you in your research. Joyce Taylor Collins La Palma, CA