I am seeking to find Issac Martin, born about 1820 according to census and Bible records. The census record is in very bad handwritting but it appears to say that he was born in Indiana. (It may have been Louisiana since that is where he lived at the time of the census, but it really looks like Indiana.) This was the 1870 Avoyelles Parish, La. census. He was married to Sarahann Lewis (Wilson, Hagewood). This was her third marriage and probably atleast his second since they were married later in life. (late 30s or 40s) They had been neighbors on the prior census. Issac Martin became my step-great-great grandfather. My g g grandmother remained married to him the rest of her life and he was always known to her children and grandchildren and even great grandchildren as big papa. Until I began doing our family research, I did not realize that he probably did not have any blood relationship to us. That is hardly a concern in matters of the heart. He is in our family stories, in our Family Bible, and burried next to my gg grandmother. I still want to find out where he came from and who his family was. A part of him passed down through the generations. If anyone else has an Issac Martin that you think could be him, then please let me know. I suspect that this will be similar to one of our Kerr family that almost eluded research, because no one claimed him. He moved from the area where the rest of the family stayed put, he was one of the family's oldest children and some of the younger ones did not remember him, current researchers did not realize that he fit into the blank spot in their tree and did not respond to our inquiries. Are there any possible matches to my Issac Martin?? Sincerely, Karen Moore Kerr --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more.