Hello Wayne, I may have good news for you, at least I hope so! Searching the on-line index of the 1900 census for Massachusetts I found a Michael McGurran, Head of Household listed with him were three daughters: Grace, Nellie and Treasa. Nellie was born Nov. 1894 in Massachusetts. Could this be your Helen McGurran? Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Pat Adams [mailto:PADAMS4760@prodigy.net] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 7:38 AM To: MA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MA-CENSUS] Essex/1900/McGurran Dear Genealogists, I am searching for any information that may be out there on the parents/ancestors of Helen McGurran,my maternal grandmother,who was born on Nov.13,1895 in Lawrence,Massachusetts. I am not sure if this is the exact spelling of the surname. She had a sister named Grace. Their parents died when they were very young and they were raised by their aunt Ellen Hewett in Lawrence,Mass. untill they were married, also in Lawrence,Mass. My grandmother Helen McGurran,married Francis [Frank] Cordingley who was born in Methuen around 1891, and they had two daughters, Helen,b.6/24/1914 and Frances Monica Cordingley b. 2/13/1919, both born in Lawrence,Mass. Everything about my grandparents seems to center around Lawrence,Mass.,but I run into a dead-end when I reach my great grandparents. Any information you can find thru the Census or the City Directories,ect.,will be greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance, Wayne Adams PADAMS4760@prodigy.net ==== MA-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== To Unsubscribe from regular mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to MA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L-request@rootsweb.com ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com