Hi Margaret, Thanks for this. I'm cross-eyed from studying maps. I have been through all that I could find of the USGenWeb cemetery records for those counties in OK looking for various surnames. What I'm really stuck on is her connection to Christian County MO. I have an Oklahoma birth certificate for my grandfather on which Sovilly lists her birthplace as Boaz and she related this to my father and aunt in their youth. I'm heading to the Ozarks at the end of May to search for records, homesteads and maybe find burial sites (for my Holeman, White and Welch lines too), but I'd like to do my homework before I head out. Don Holeman Syracuse NY Enfield CT -----Original Message----- From: MargaretGrh@aol.com [mailto:MargaretGrh@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 3:50 PM To: MOCHRIST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOCHRIST] Re: Sovilly Alice Reed Hi, I am not connected with either of your Reed lines but I am a native "Okie" and you might try the following counties: Blackwell is in Kay County, OK and not anywhere near Ada, OK which is Pontotoc County. Blackwell, Kay County is on the northern edge of Oklahoma and not too far south from Butler County, Kansas. Ada, Pontotoc County is south-central Oklahoma. You might try the Oklahoma USGenWeb site and the sites for Kay & Pontotoc Counties, they are continuously adding more cemetery records. Hope this helps you a little. Margaret Graham Luther, OK ==== MOCHRIST Mailing List ==== New and improved Christian County URL http://christian.mogenweb.org Just insert your Missouri county in place of the word COUNTY http://COUNTY.mogenweb.org to quick-access ANY Missouri MOGENWEB County! ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx