Posted on: Bates County Deeds Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mo/BatesDeed/9 Surname: Ralstin, Cunningham, Rausch ------------------------- I think my gg grandparents (George W. Ralstin and Kitty Polk Ralstin lived in or around Buler, Mo. sometime between the 1900 census and 1917 when I found them in California. In the 1900 census, George and Kitty were just northwest of this area up around Oscaloosa (sp?) Kansas. I think they may have been renting a farm in Kansas, but I'm hoping there are some land records for them around Butler. I have a signiture book of George and Kitty's daughter in law that has George and Kitty both signing and dating their poetry and put Butler, Mo. as where they were living or where they were that day. I don't know which. Any help is appreciated. George's parents were Young James Ralstin and Elizabeth (Goudy)and they lived in Fulton, Co., Indiana from 1838 until their deaths in the 1870s. Kitty (Polk) Ralstin's parents were William Tyler Polk and Mary Robbins. Thanks, Bill Miller