For a likely candidate to be the father of your Shropshire bride, try this census page--1870 census. Shropshire, Thomas Age: 52 Gender: M Race: W Birthplace: MS State: Mississippi County: WILKINSON Locale: WOODVILLE P O Series: M593 Roll: 753 Part: 1 Page: 394A Besides censuses, I find these records are quite useful for Wilkinson Co., MS research: deeds, land grants (BLM records), court records, other marriage records for siblings, in-laws. Also, if you are fortunate enough to be near a large genealogical library, try to find their online catalog and see what journals (quarterlies) there are from the Mississippi Genealogical Society and like-named societies. The Mississippi Genealogical Exchange for a time had some great articles--I found an ancestor's Bible record, with a few errors, but some great info--concerning birth dates and marriages -- and sometimes a remarriage. I found some wonderful clues in newspaper abstracts, and Wiese [check out that name on the family history library catalog] has abstracted some newspapers for Woodville, in which I found other clues. Probates are also great!!! In fact, again, check out the long list of topics for Wilkinson co., MS which on online for the Family History Library Catalog. And don't forget to look across the state line--in both the Feliciana Parishes and perhaps the adjoining MS counties. My folks didn't pay attention to the state lines, except when recording their deeds and probates. Some notarial records of both the Feliciana Parishes may have some info pertaining to your ancestors. Genealogy is where you find it--not in the obvious places, like births, marriages, and deaths. E.W.Wallace