This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mcintire Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xkz.2ACEB/261.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Liz, I am lucky enough to live within about 1-2 hr. driving distance form the places my grandparents and ggrandparents lived most of their lives so I have access to court house documents (birth and death records), also the locale library has old city directories. I find names and addresses of family and then go to the census records for more info. I also learned to note anyone who is has a family name. This sometimes saves time when you find a link later. I noted this James Mcintire family because my family with the same name is in the area even though I don't know if they are related. I may find they actually are. Anyway the James you are interested in is in the 1910 Marshall co. Wv census, Union District, McMechen, house No./family 198. He was son of Elmer And Ella Mcintire with other children. I have also learned to consider not only first names, but middle names and nick names as well. Hope this helps. Good luck and maybe we are related somehow. My Mcintires at this s! ame time period were Theodore Ellsworth and Ella (Yost) Mcintire. Another suggestion is go to rootsweb search engine and type in Mcintire. I found that someone already has quit a history of Ella's family, saving me lots of time. All I have to do is verify the info. Deb