Eileen, WELLLLL in fact there are some names I am kinda stuck on. I'll give you some info. ******* indicates information I am needing to know. :) 1>> For instance I have the 1880 Census in Michigan on my g g g grandparents Lydia AUSTIN and Peter JONES family. Lydia married a man named CHAPLE after JONES died. I found her on the 1900 Census as Liddie CHAPLE living with her son and family. I have not been able to locate any information on this marriage to CHAPLE to find out his first name. It is written on this Census as widowed. On the back of a picture of her and says after CHAPLE died Lydia married a William BROWN. I have not found that either. ****** So I would like to know more about both these marriages and CHAPLE's first name. 2>> They had a daughter who ended up being my g g grandmother. On this same picture she is known as Hattie BROWN - maiden name JONES. Pictures are marked Hattie BROWN or grandma BROWN. On this 1880 Census in Michigan I have of Lydia and Peter JONES, it list her as Adda JONES. She married someone name Charley HEATH first then William Murry BROWN according to the writing on the picture. On the 1900 Census in Michigan the same sheet her mother is listed as Liddie CHAPLE as I mentioned above, Hattie (alas Adda) is listed being married to William Murry BROWN but her name is listed as Olive A. The birth years for her from both these Census are a match, 1865. Then someone emailed me her marriage to William Murry BROWN and her name is Olive Adalade JONES who married on 17 May 1885. On the picture it says she married a Charley HEATH first but he drowned. Then I get an email from the people that maintain the Michigan Marriage database and it has Olive Adalade JONES married John F. HEATH in Tuscola County Michigan on 9 Oct 1881. ***** I would like to find out how Heath drowned and his death date, which has to be between 1881 & 1885. 3.>> Last is from Olive Adalade BROWN marriage is my g grandmother, Daisy Mae BROWN. She married a James S. McCOLLUM / McCALLUM. He was know as "Gentleman Jim" and also "Silks" His mother was Scottish and lived for a time in Orange County in Northern Ireland. I was told her maiden name was Sharp or Sharpe. James died in the flu epidemic. He had a brother name John and a sister named Mary. James McCOLLUM / McCALLUM was born 11 Jan 1865 in Prescott? Michigan and died 31 Dec 1918 in Michigan. After James died Daisy married a Nathan Oliver SMITH. He adopted all of the McCOLLUM / McCALLUM children and changed their last name to SMITH. After a unwanted divorce she married a Grant MCGlaughlin. ******* I am seeking for information on James S. McCOLLUM / McCALLUM parents and what his background is. ******Also how to prove that Nathan SMITH did adopt the children and changed the last names. My grandmother says he just adopted her, but my uncle says he did all the children. I would like to clear that up but don't know how to go about with this kind of adoption. So there you have it. I know it's a lot of information but hope you don't mind me posting to other list. I am hoping that someone will have any other kind of information that I don't have. I am really interested in finding more out about James, John and Mary McCOLLUM / McCALLUM parents in Scotland and the adoption I mentioned above. Thanks in advance and God Bless Pam