Gene, Thanks for that information. I am helping a man at the assessor's office who is tracing the descendants for property. He has the death certificate of Lewis Boatner and he knew he was a descendant of Lewis Guion. He asked me to find any siblings or heirs of Lewis Boatner. This is a favor I am doing for him so don't want to spend too much money - I am not going to be reimbursed. If this suit was settled in 1942, Lewis would have been 25/26 years old. In 1920 Lewis Boatner and his parents were living with her mother and father, Mary and Lewis Guion. Her mother is listed as a widow; her father died in early Jan. so he would be listed on the census. I guess the census taker came around after the death of her father. Also living with the family was her unmarried sister Caroline "Carrie" Guion. I have the newspaper article about the marriage of Mary L. Guion and Oren M. Boatner, also have the vol. and pg. number from the State archives, but I don't think the marriage record would be of any help. Nancy From: "Gene Hullinghorst" <[email protected]> All I could find on Genealogybank news articles was that in 1942 he was sued by a discount company and a judgment was entered for about $39. An RCA radio seized as part of the suit was auctioned off. The article gave the court file number in the First District? court in New Orleans. I have it written down at home. The case caption was Lewis Guion Boatner et al. The "et al." means "and others." The LDS library ahs microfilms of court records so if you are near a family history center they can help you order the proper film to see if there is any information on the "others." Did you order Lewis' death certificate from Florida Dept of Health? If you don't need cause of death it seems like you do not need to be a close relative to order it. Do you have information on his mother's family? When she and her husband died a few months apart, it might be that one of her family members took Lewis in rather than him being sent to an orphanage. The parents' marriage record is available from the state archives for $5 if you don't already have it. It may list her parents and where she was from -N.O. or otherwise. Gene Seems like Oren's family was prominent in the legal / political community (father and brother). Doesn't look like Lewis went to live with any of them. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message