Posted on: DeSoto Parish La Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/La/DeSoto/758 Surname: Golden, Golding ------------------------- We are indeed cousins!!! I met a lady names Francis on the net that gave me alot of info......her husbands decendent was Matilda Jane Golding, she found the Golding on the 1840 Coosa Co,AL census & then on the 1850 Mont Co,AL census. She gave me all the names of the children of Thomas & Elandes(Ellen)(they changed the spelling from Golding to Golden when they moved to LA abt 1850-52. She said that Gracey Lurana died at the age of 40 & gave legal guardianship of her children to Thomas. Which of these were you a decendent of? Did you grow up in the Desoto Parish area? Did you marry a Cassell? I knew a Darrell Cassell, used to run with a bunch of those boys (cousins I think) Ronnie Hicks, Kenneth Hatcher, & Rodney Harvey. Do you have Ellens maiden name? Do you know Thomas's fathers name? Let me know if you want the info I have ...thanks for responding. ggw