Dear Researcher of IGI and other mass databases, Most of us genealogists are skeptical of mass databases, including IGI and Ancestral File (the latter particularly), some of which give grossly conflicting information. Not only are many of the dates offbase, but also the places. Some of the places named for the event were not even in existence when the stated event occurred! When my Kentucky ancestor was shown on the IGI as fathering new babies at age 90, I got thoroughly disgusted. He did not even live to be 90 years old! Admittedly, he did have 19 children by two wives, but even wives *wear out*. So it was back to the films and abstracted records of the counties in which he lived. Because a genealogical statement is in black and white does NOT make it so. As professionals say, Prove it! Most of us have to go to the better sources--censuses from 1850 on are good, but the older ones should NOT be overlooked. And, of course, censuses give conflicting information, too. One of my great-grandmothers kept getting younger each census. Middle names did not occur very frequently in the early days, although some of my Williamses [not of Wilkinson Co., so don't ask!] had middle names, it seems, to distinguish them from their cousins and other relatives of the same name. For Wilkinson Co. researchers, there are some wonderful records on film, and a few newspaper abstracts have been published which are helpful in establishing dates of death, some marriages etc. To find these records, explore the LDS family history Library catalog on <A HREF="www.familysearch.org">www.familysearch.org</A> The link to the catalog is on the lower right, and just above it is a link to a list of over 3,500 family history centers around the world. Perhaps you can find one near you. I have done a fair amount of Wilkinson Co. research, as my families who were there ca 1815 intermarried with people in Feliciana (before it split) Parish, so it helps to read the records of both jurisdictions. A computerized index of the early marriages has been published long ago, but, again, do not overlook Feliciana Parish, LA and then later you have to check both East and West Feliciana parishes. Do not overlook notarial records in the Parishes. I found some goodies--which linked my families back to their South Carolina origins. I'm afraid this means more work for you--but that is what genealogy is all about. If you hate solving puzzles, this may not be the hobby for you. E.W.Wallace