This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Blanks, Cole Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GJB.2ACE/1015 Message Board Post: I am researching the family of Dempsey Blanks who appears on the Lauderdale Co. MS censuses of 1850 & 1860. From the census, it appears that Dempsey's wife Mary died between 1850-60 and that Dempsey died between 1860-70. From a published obituary, I know that their only son John died Dec. 19, 1853 in Lauderdale Co. Their only daughter, Frances, married Richard S. Cole about 1855. Richard & Frances were my great great grandparents. They were in Lauderdale Co. in 1860, Lowndes Co. MS in 1870, and Lake Co. TN by 1880. I am wondering if there are any published records for Lauderdale Co. that might assist me in my research of this family, particularly cemetery records and marriage records. I would appreciate very much any assistance that anyone could provide.