Brenda, the only counties with Ch are Chambers , Cherokee, Chilton, or Choctaw in AL. Cities that have 5 6 or 7 letters are -Chapman, Chatom, Chelsea, the rest are much longer. This from Rand Mc Nalleys City, County Finder. Hope this helps. Helene > > According to this form his place of birth is ______, Ala. This city or > county could be Check, Eheck, Cheek. It appears to have 5 letters, > possibly 6. The second letter is definitely an "h". If it does have 6 > letters, then the last letter is an "s", but I really think it only has > 5 letters and ends in a "k" or an "h". It lists his father as "Dock > Wilkins" and his mother as "Fannie Floyd". Those at least are very > clear. About a year or so ago, I spoke with a local historian here in > Bossier Parish with access to GA census records and he found a Dock > Wilkins born in Chatooga Co, GA about 1858. At that time I was > searching for the brother of John William Wilkins (Dock) not the father > with the same name. With an 1858 est. birthday, I knew that he had > found possibly my great-grandfather rather than my grandfather's > brother. I now have confirmation that my great-grandfather was also > Dock Wilkins. > > If anyone out there has access to any of the following, would you mind > searching for my ancestors? > WILKINS, Dock, Sr. in Ala., Ark. Ga. TN > WILKINS, Fannie Floyd in Ala. Ark. Ga Tn > WILKINS, Earnie in Tn, Ark, Ala, GA > WILKINS, Pete or Peter in TN, Ark, Ala, Ga. Tx > WILKINS, John William in ARk, LA, TX, Ala, GA, TN > > Any help will be appreciated. I had hoped to get this before my Daddy > died, but that was just not meant to be. As I said, any and all > assistance will be gratefully accepted. > > Sincerely, > Brenda Wilkins Hudson > copskid@bellsouth.net > > ==== LAWEBSTE Mailing List ==== > > I am also LAGenWeb's new State Coord. See LAGenWeb's new site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~lagenweb/