This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wEB.2ACE/51.1.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks so much, Ellen. This may be the clue that I needed. I was told that both of the parents of my grandmother died when she was very young and so I couldn't figure out the connections. I live in Salisbury. My address is 30558 Olde Fruitland Rd, Salisbury, MD 21804 and my number is 410-749-1442. Have some interesting stories told to me by my grandmother that I won't repeat here, but the stories do not match the available info. Maybe she was just entertaining a young girl with her fabricated stories. The info I found in the 1910 census was confusing: William E. (Emory?) Arvey 22 head of house with Martha H. (Sister in law) also residing there. Martha had 2 children listed at that time: hard to read....maybe Nettie?? (5) and Arthur?? Preston (1). These 2 children were listed as the niece and nephew of William E. William E. had a son listed: Clifford C. (2). Then in the 1930 census Preston was listed as the son of William E. and Martha H., who was then listed a! s the wife: Preston was 21 and single. There was also another son (Lawrence E.) listed for them--age 3. Gave me a headache and I had to quit for awhile. I'm going back and look at my info with a fresh eye now that you've connected the Arvey and Maddox families for me. The census info has totally confused me. But then I'm fairly new at this. Thanks a million. Wanda