Thanks for the clues. The Texas part is a huge part of the problem. They didn't start recording birth records until long after she was born. I'll keep digging! Linda Good > ---------- > From: Kinklector@aol.com[SMTP:Kinklector@aol.com] > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 9:09 PM > To: MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MOSTONE-L] HILTON-Help needed > > Linda, > > I'll put in my 2 cents. Look for a break in the lines. > > In a message dated 5/1/2000 5:39:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > lgood@hersheys.com writes: > > << I am trying to locate the ancestry of my g-gmother Elizabeth > ("Lizabeth" > "Lizzie") Murphy Hilton. She was born 6-5-1861 (also found year as 1859) > in > Texas (county unknown).>> > > Maybe her mother was a Murphy and her father was Hilton. Maybe. Also, > you > should be able to find her in the 1870 census (eventually). > > <<She married Jonathan Tylor ("Berry" or "Barry") > Hilton (b. 1848-d. 1919) in 1879 in Barry County. She is listed as his > wife > on the 1880 Census of Pierce Township/Stone Co. Reported her place of > birth > as Texas, but parents' place of birth is blank. She may have been an > orphan? >> > > I'm guess she didn't know, or she didn't give the info (the hubby or > oldest > kid did) and they didn't know. > > In Barry Co in 1879....what people named HILTON own land? One of them > could > be her father. Then again, maybe she was living in another co. and Barry > was > closer for her to get married in? > > When did she die? Hopefully it is after MO started death records in 1910. > > It is $10 for a death cerificate. Hopefully it will list her parents' > names. > That is your best bet. > > Cheri Mello >