Yes, indeed, they are! That is great. Would you happen to know, offhand (or would anyone reading this), what the counties were from which Nicholas was formed? Thanks! An thanks for that piece of data I did not have -- the exact date. When you mention Nicholas County Records, is that a Marriage Bonds publication? Vince "charles r. carter" wrote: > > Nicholas County records show an Archibald Downey m: a Nancy Evans 14 August > 1823. > > If an Archibald Downey married a Sarah Cook in the 1790s it should be > recorded in one of the counties from which Nicholas was formed in 1800. > > These two Archies could be father & son. > > Chuck > > At 11:09 AM 3/13/00 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi. My wife's family tree has come toppling down the last couple > >of days or so. I have hit the mother lode. > > > >I am delighted to see that Archibald Downey married Sarah Cook > >in Nicholas Kentucky, abt. 1792-1794. Can anyone verify this, > >and perhaps even clamp down on the date a bit? > > > >I would be interested in the parents of Sarah Cook, also, and > >I suspect they may have come from Nicholas Kentucky. Archibald > >came from Pennsylvania, being born abt. 1770. Sarah was born > >about 1776. Archibald wound up in Virginia, and I am not sure > >if he was with his wife (I suspect so), but his wife died in > >Indiana, apparently. > > > >Thanks, > >Vince Summers > >