Hi Jaclyn, You said: >I have a lot of information on the Houghton side of my >family...dates, names...I am willing to share any of >it with any of you who are interested. I am also >looking for some information on these other surnames: >Moore Van Sickle, and Lawson. The furthest back I >have on those names are Ralph and Winifred Agnes Moore >who were my great grandparents...died early 1900s, >Angeline "SIS" Lawson who was married to my Great >great grandfather William "DUD" Houghton, and any >information on a Richard VanSickle and Mary Cain >Thankyou very much >Jaclyn Houghton Response: According to the book, "The Lawson Golden Book" by Virginia Ruth (Lawson) Trent, page 11, Angeline (Lawson) second marriage) was born 20 August 1857 in Putnam County, Missouri, Married William Dudley Houghton on 2 March 1879 and died 12 December 1941. FYI - I am descendant of Angeline's uncle, Greenberry Lawson, s/o Thomas Lawson, Sr. That being the case we are distant cousins. These Lawson families were from Putnam County and about 5 years ago there was a lot of querries on tem on that GenWeb Site. I noticed that the webmaster has wiped out all those old querries that go back that far. However, you might want buy Virginia Ruth (Lawson) Trent's book and/or post a new querry on the following Putnam County site. http://genforum.genealogy.com/mo/putnam/ Gary G. Lloyd 7 Center Rd. Kirksville, MO 63501-2762 660-627-2140 (Gary Lloyd) <glloyd&socket.net>