Hi Curtis I don't have a Sallie Ellis but if you have a date for her I have several Sallies and Sarah's. The families are very connected, descending from a pair of ( I believe) brothers John Matlock of 1638 and William Matlack of 1650. Why one and not the other is one of the better discussions we have had on the list. The town in England is still Matlock but pronounced by local as MATLACK...other variants in the US are Medlock, who are also listed separately in some occasions and MATLICK some what rarer but part of the clan none the less. To find what you can you need to read carefully all of the forums and lists. I put everybody into my database as Matlock. It then sorts alphabetically by birthdate. This helps me to find individuals and keep duplicates to a minimum. I put notes in the text files to indicated how the family currently uses the surname and try to remember to change it before I send it out. UNKNOWN or NOT SHOWN are legitimate entries with any explanation you may need for six months from now or when you send the information out. 75 percent of all research, especially before the revolution, is educated speculation, published in hopes that someone with granny's Bible in an old chest in the attic will see it a share with us a "truth". Looking forward to seeing your results. Best of Luck Joe Matlock >>> "Curtis Miller" <[email protected]> 02/14/01 03:50PM >>> Joe I have finished checking out my database. I have about 750 people in my database and checked all of them on World Connect. I found many matches and, with few exceptions, the information we had in common matched. I made some minor corrections, completed some partial names, and added some missing dates. I have decided to go with George Matlock as the father of William Hancock Matlock since the evidence for this is strong. I added a few people to establish relationships I suspected but could not prove but, for the most part, it is my original source data at this point. My Great Great Grandmother was Sallie Ellis Matlack who married Theodore Scott Wonderland. She is descended from John Matlack and Hannah Horner. Many of the Matlacks in my database could not be found when I was checking my database. Apparently this Matlack Line hasn't seen much research yet. Before posting my database on Rootsweb I have a couple of questions. I see there is both a Matlack Family Forum, little activity, and a Matlock Family Forum, lots of activity. Are they connected? I have a problem with my Wonderland ancestors and would like your opinion. James Wonderland came to America in 1857 from Germany with six children from two previous marriages, two sons and one daughter from each marriage. He married Leanora Edmonds and had three more children. I do not know the names of his first two wives or which children are from which marriage. I have called them Unknown Spouse1 and Unknown Spouse2 and arbitrarily assigned the six children to them with notes explaining what I did. Do you know of an excepted way or bettor way of doing this? Thanks for your help Curt Miller