O.K., since everyone seems to be VERRRRY quiet, I will give you something to think about, look for, and, hopefully, come up with some answers for me. First - one of my major brick walls. Francis Fitzgerald was born about 1854. She was the daughter of William C. Fitzgerald and Catherine Edmunds. She married David Gregory Norris (my paternal great-grandfather) August 3, 1870 and died shortly after the 1880 census. I have the Edmunds line. But I cannot give William Fitzgerald a father. My theory is that Garrett H. Fitzgerald was the father but I cannot prove it. Do any of you have this Fitzgerald in your data? Next, Allen Shinpoch, son of William Shinpoch and Martha Carroll, married M. Risinger on January 3, 1869 (as recorded in Union Parish Marriage Book C, pg. 098). There is never another mention of Allen Shinpoch and M. Risinger Shinpoch anywhere that I have been able to find. I have checked every southern state census for 1870 and 1880 and most of the western states. He simply disappeared. Are there any Risingers out there who may have M. Risinger and who may know what happened to her? Thanks for any information you may have. Ruth Stout