This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FBB.2ACE/974.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I am not related to this family so far as I know. However, I did try to get you a little more information based upon what you have provided. Please also note that at Ancestry.com there are several entries for "a" Stephen T. COLLINS b. 2-5-1869 ; d. bef. 1909 married to Mary Uranda COMBS b. 8-1-1893; married on Aug 1, 1893. This couple could be the parents of the Sallie COLLINS married to Roger HOFFMAN. If this is the correct one, then this Stephen T. COLLINS' parents were: Sanders A. COLLINS b. Mar 11, 1836 in Knott Co., KY; married to a Sylvia COMBS COLLINS. 1900 Letcher Co., KY - Rockhouse Dwelling 176-173 COLLINS, Stephen __.?, 26, b. Jan 1874; mar. 7 yrs, b. KY . Mary, wife, b. June 1874, 26, mar. 7 yrs, 5 born; 4 living, b. kY; parents b. KY . Sallie, dau, b. July 1894, 5, b. KY * * . .Sanders, son, b. Oct 1895, 4, b. KY . .Matson, b. 1897, , 2, b. KY . .Robert, b. 1897, 2, b. KY Hopefully someone else can help you get a confirmation on that. It may also be required that you order some of the death records and/or marriage records for possible confirmations. 1930 Letcher Co., KY (West Whitesburg) Dwelling 39-45 HOFFMAN, Roger A. head, 55, mar. at 40, b. KY; parents b. KY . Sallie or Lillie (difficult to read), wife, 36, mar. at 21, b. KY; parents b. KY . .Wayne, son, 13 (per KBI: Wayne Anderson HOFFMAN b. 3-17-1917 in Letcher Co. to Sally HOFFMAN) . Richard, son, 10, b. KY . Galewood, 7, son, b. KY (per KBI this is probably John G. HOFFMAN b. 1-30-1921 to Sallie COLLINS) . Pruiertt??, son, 5 b. KY * * * * . Hamter/Kanter?? (per KBI this is prob. Hunter Jefferson HOFFMAN b. 5-18-1926 in Letcher Co. to Sally COLLINS) Other births on the KBI: HOFFMAN, R. lst b. 6-2-1931 in Letcher to Sally COLLINS HOFFMAN, Roger A. b. 4-15-1934 in Letcher to Sally COLLINS 1920 Letcher Co., KY - Millstone Township #8 Dwelling 58-83-84 HOFFMAN, Roger, 38, b. KY; parents b. KY - electrician, Coal mine . .Sallie, wife, 23, b. KY . .Wayne, son, 2, b. KY . .Richard, son, 1, b. KY COLLINS, Lizzie, sister, 17, single, b. KY Regarding May CRAWFORD, mother of Mary Katherine HOLBROOK , I found this birth record and on the KBI, there is a misspelling of the name: KOLBROOK, Mary K. b. 6-9-1928; recorded in 1928; Letcher co., KY; Vol. 058, Cert 28833; maiden name of mother: May CRAWFORD Also found: HOLBROOK, Caloway C. b. 10-8-1939 in Letcher Co.; maiden name of mother: May CRAWFORD On the 1930 Jasper County, "INDIANA" Fed. Census - Barkley Township: Dwelling 87-87 HOLBROOK, Ben, head, age, 32; married at 19, b. KY;parents b. KY - farmer . .May, wife, 29, mar. at 15, b. KY; parents b. KY . .Brenda, 12, b. KY, dau . .Vernie, son, 11, b. KY . .Tracy, dau, 6, b. KY . .Madaline, 1, b. KY NOTE: On the KBI, there is this birth which looks like the above Madaline: May HOLBROOK had: Madaline HOLBROOK on 1-3-1929 in Magoffin Co., KY - - two recordings with the same data but two different birth certs. 1920 Floyd Co., KY - looks like them Dwelling 12-12 HOLBROOK, Ben, head, 22, b. KY; parents b. KY - general farmer . .May, wife, 18, b. KY; parents b. KY . .Bureta, 2 yrs 6 months, b. KY . .Vernie, son, 11 months, b. KY Joyce Taylor Collins La Palma, CA p.s. I am not connected to this COLLINS family in anyway I would know of.