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/hFB.2ACE/402.482.1.2 Message Board Post: hi again...i was glad to hear from you. i have a little information on the ward side of the family. it's not to much. arlie and carlie were born on june 6, 1889, in parkers corners, mich. thier parents were john l. ward and mary a. foster. they were married in 1892 in livingston county. i know they had an older sister named susan..i knew her in the last few years of her life..she was never married and she told wonderful stories. i wish i had wrote them down and asked more questions. i don't knw any of the o'dells..my father was an alchin..my grandmother (carlie) was married to tracy elmer alchin. i belong to the mormon church and we have wonderful acsses to a lot of geneaologiacl information. i have just started researcing my family roots. fortuntaly we live close to the family history center in our church so i can get there to try and find information. it's open to the public on tues., wed, and thurs. if i find anything out more about the wards i will let you know.. sincerely, janet hill