This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Adkins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hMB.2ACI/778.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Mr. Gerow, There are many Adkins in Clay and Platte Counties. The pages on the biographies in the Clay County book are faded and do not scan well. If I have the time in the near future, I will work on them. If you can give me the names you are looking for I will check the names in the books I have. The Clay County Adkins intermarried with the Pence family. You may want to check out Richard Pence's web site: http://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence He may have some info there for you as well. He is a well respected, award winning genealogist as you will see at his site. I would suggest checking with a local library to see if you can get an ILL (inter-library loan) on these books: History of Clay and Platte Counties Published in St. Louis by the National Historical Society in 1885 Annals of Platte County Author: W.M. Paxton Published in 1897 Chuck