John, Do you belong to the Oregon county, Missouri List and do you go to their web site? I think some of your information may be their. Joan Hi Joan, Thanks very much for responding and your offer to help. I am not a subscriber to Ancestry.com, although I do have a subscription to on-line U.S. census reports. In order to give you a little background, I am in the process of gathering information for a family history book I plan to write on the old pioneer, John Nichols and all of his descendants. He left Virginia and settled in Barren Co., Ky. about 1812. John and his wife had 13 children, one of whom was George W. Nichols, my great-great-grandfather. George W. Nichols had three daughters who married three brothers in the 1860's in Barren Co., all sons of Hiram W. Martin. Then in the 1880's, two of these brothers migrated to West Plains, Mo. They were Joseph Henry Martin, a carpenter and Prysbyterian minister, with his wife, Elizabeth (Nichols) Martin, and James R. Martin, a brick mason, and his wife, Parthenia (Nichols) Martin. I suspect that they moved to West Plains at that particular time to take advantage of the bui! lding boom going on after the Civil War. I understand that the town was totally destroyed, burned to the ground, by guerillas in 1863. Just about everything I know about these two families has been the result of tracing their movements from the 1880 census for Barren Co., Ky. to the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 census reports for West Plains, Mo. I also have data from the Oak Lawn Cemetery in West Plains. My hope is to eventually locate living descendants, but the main problem I'm facing now is that I do not know the married names of many of the Martin daughters. Most of those marriages would have taken place between 1920 and 1945. Following is a list of the individuals that I know of who comprise the two Martin families: Joseph Henry Martin (1841-1906) his wife, Elizabeth (Nichols) Martin (1840-1922) their daughter, Carrie (Martin) Spencer (1870-1902) her husband, John H. Spencer (1871- ? ) James R. Martin (1848-1930) his wife, Parthenia (Nichols) Martin (1856-1932) their son, Joseph M. Martin (1876-1963) his wife, Marie C. Martin (1877-1974) their children: Henrietta Martin (b.abt.1902) Robert Edward Martin (1903-1927) Florence E. Martin (b.abt.1908) Frances (Martin) LeFever (1908-1986) her husband, Fred LeFever, Sr. (1903-1958) Mildred Martin (b.abt.1912) Joe Martin, Jr. (1917- ? ) his wife, Mary F. Martin (1922- ? ) Mary B. Martin (b.abt.1921) their other son, George W. Martin (1877-1956) his wife (1) Ollie Martin (1884-1910-) his wife (2) Josephine Martin (1897- ? ) Thanks again for your offer of help. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Do you know of anyone living in West Plains that would be able to check Howell Co. marriages for the time period 1920-1945? Jon Huffman Simpsonville, Ky. johnlau@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: joan and norm rusk To: johnlau@bellsouth.net Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 5:51 PM Subject: lookups Jon, A lot of that material is on Ancestry.com, which I subscribe to. How can I help? I do have ancestors in Kentucky, too. We can talk about them later. Joan Griffin Rusk Cherish each day and laugh a lot.