THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTIONS REGARDING AMOS. AS I WROTE LATER, THE DR. A.W. NEWTON IN EDGAR CO. ILL WAS FROM WESTMORELAND, VA, AND I HAVE A NOTATION THAT THE W. MIGHT STAND FOR WLLOUGHBY. SOMEHOW I NEGLECTED TO EXPLAIN WHERE I GOT THAT OR WHY. IF HE IS CONNECTED SOMEWAY TO THAT LINE, HE DID GO TO KY AND ILLINOIS, AND PROBABLY MY INDIANA NEWTONS WERE CONNECTED. THIS IS WHAT I CAN DOCUMENT: AMOS NEWTON MD JANE ARTHUR 1823/24 WHITELEY CO. KY CHILDREN: (KY, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, IOWA CONNECTIONS.) NANCY 1825 MD BENJ. MASSINALE,, DIED FULTON CO. ILL MARTHA 1830 MD JOHN MITCHENOR 1847 INDIANA ELIZ ? MD JOHN BANKS, JACKSON CO. INDIANA ELISHA 1831 " (1) AMANDA WESTFALL DIED ALBIA, IOWA 2) ? ELIJAH TWINS AMOS 1833 " SARAH SHIPLEY IN INDIANA SUSANNAH 1835 " WM. FRANKLIN GOOD, BROWN CO. INDIANA JOHN 1836 JOSEPH 1839 ROBERT 1843 I KNOW SOME WERE IN INDIANA; AMOS DIED AND JANE, HIS WIFE, MD A STUART AND THEN LATER A FLEETWOOD. IT IS AMOS, THE FATHER, MARRIED TO JANE ARTHER, THAT I AM DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIND HIS PARENTS. BUT HE IS IN SOUTHERN KY WHEN HE MD, BUT POSSIBLY HE IS FROM THE VA NEWTONS. I WILL TO CHECK ON THAT HELTON CONNECTIONS. THANKS AGAIN. DOTTIE