After years of searching, I recently obtained information regarding the possible ancestry of our "G.W. Looney" and as all genealogists know... with the new information, came a whole series of new questions. It seems that our George Washington Looney (b. Ga. 1864 - d. MS. 1947), "may have" been born to Amanda "Mandy" Vaughters (b. Ga. 1844 - d. Ga. 1914). The family lore states that Amanda's mother had been married to a "Vaughters" and when he died, she married a "Looney". Our Amanda was raised in that Looney household, in Ga., and her son George was fathered by one of her Looney step-brothers. On 15 Dec.1868, in Clarke Co., Ga., this Amanda married Willis Milford Roach (b. SC. 1847 - d. Ga. 1922) and Willis raised George as his own son along with their other children. As GEORGE W. LOONEY, I was never able to locate an 1870 nor 1880 Census record for him but with this new information, I find him as GEORGE ROACH, in the household of Willis and Amanda Roach. As I tried to locate a LOONEY family which resided in Georgia at the time of our George's birth, I was unable to find one which included an AMANDA VAUGHTERS in the household. I then tried for a family which included an AMANDA LOONEY (bc. Ga. 1844), in case she had been shown with her step-father's surname. I located the family of Thomas and Rachel Looney in the 1850 Franklin Co., Ga. Census and in the 1860 DeKalb Co., AL. Census. An Amanda Looney (b. Ga. 1844) is shown in the family in both records. The obituary for our G.W. Looney stated that he had been born in Ga.but that " his family had removed to Alabama, when he was a child ". This opened up an Alabama connection. I'd like to hear from anyone who has ever heard of any similar stories within any of the Georgia LOONEY families. Don't hesitate to guide my search efforts and identify mistakes I've made. Thanks for all your help in advance. Sincerely, John C. Sears _JSears2111@aol.com_ (mailto:JSears2111@aol.com)