Thanks, but I get nothing on the Political Graveyard site...and his record is listed on the internet, but just gives his years of service, 1837-1846 as a Ms state senator...I live in Minnesota and don't know if those books exist here...if you get a chance and are able to find anything, that would just be great....Thank you for replying.....Warren ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Trammel" <llt547@msn.com> To: <MSHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 1:21 PM Subject: [MSHOLMES] Leake/Keirn > > > Hi, > > Have you checked to see if there is a Congressional Register for that year? > If you're not close to a library, let me know. On my next trip to Tupelo, I > will check their volumes. I also had several senators/representatives in my > ancestry. These annual type volumes help to give you a base for where to > look, although mine were in the late 1800's to 1924. But I have also found > that where ever they got the information some has been incorrect on one of > my family members. So, we have to be very careful, even though it was from > Congress. Also, have you checked the website that is called The Political > Graveyard. Just put that in your search box and should come up. If it > doesn't, do a google.com search for it. > > > Good Luck, > > > Lynne > Surnames: Smith, Zeigler, Waters, possibly some Peasters in Holmes Co > (recent descendents), and maybe others that I am not aware of. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > > ==== MSHOLMES Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >