Dear list: I am desperate for help. I have so little info on my Lucas line and every search has turned up burned in court house fire, lost in flood, etc. Most of what I have is just what elderly family members have provided. I have little or no documented info. The line I am searching has been in Arkansas sense at least the turn of the Century. Family lore brings them from Germany. When is unknown. My oldest aunt is 75 and does not remember her grandfather at all. Quite by accident we have acquired a picture of him and my grandfather and two young boys standing in front of a covered wagon. A mans word this is my ggrandfather is the only proof I have and I still do not have a first name. The following is what I know: Grandfather Harvey Wesley Lucas spent most of his life in Independence County Arkansas. He was married twice 1st wife was Hattie or Mattie----they had 3 sons. he married my grandmother Alma "Bessie" Summers Lucas around 1922 or 23. They had 11 children 3 died very young and 8 still live today. One of which is my mother. The 3 sons from previous marriage stayed with him so we assume she died prior to his marriage to my grandmother. Harvey Lucas died January 11, 1944, in Newark, Arkansas at the age of 58. He was buried at Mack's Cemetery. My grandmother died May 24, 1996 and is buried beside him. He had one sister. Her name was Lula Belle. Known as Ainee (Auntie). She was left in a boarding house, in Tyronza AR, for some reason and assumed the name of the owners and went by the surname Beasley. She married an Overturf and migrated to California. She was involved in the family and it is not known why this happened as all the siblings remember her visiting, etc.. Nothing is known of their mother! One very old bible was found on the Overturf side which supposedly belonged to Lula Belle. The surname appears to be Betty/Beatty and I assume this may be their mother family. The only other information I can provide is family lore that is unverified. I do know the family suffered great loses in the flood of 1937. Is there any hope for my research? Can anyone offer advice or help? I have found, repeatedly in census etc. a Sarah Lucas in the same area as my family. I assume she is connected in some way. Any ideas on how to prove this assumption? Thank you in advance. Alma Luper