In a message dated 8/21/99 3:39:28 PM Central Daylight Time, Dutch5352@aol.com writes: << he was in Truckee, CA in 1910. I estimate that he was born in about 1879 or so, in Arkansas. At that point he was married and had one daughter, Viola. Sometime around 1915-20, he divorced and his ex-wife and by this time three children moved to Arizona. M.S. stayed in California. My father saw him one time as a child, but after that, he was lost to the family. That is the total of info I have about him. If this strikes a cord with anyone, I'd sure appreciate hearing from you. Karen Laird-Olson >> Karen: Have you tried censuses? And how about old phone books? If you write to a local library (or maybe YOUR local library can handle that request for you), they might have an old phone book from back then. Someone in Edmond, Oklahoma (near Oklahoma City) copied a couple of pages for me to indicate family names, and of course the phone book had the year, which was 1905 or something shortly thereafter. Or if you can find someone online from those towns, they might be willing to check around the courthouses and find any probate records or property records....