I appreciate the help I have received from the list on my last related query, but the central questions I posed are still not answered. What I am hoping is that someone on the list has access to some of the local Kiantone data repositories like the local libraries/historical societies, and that this local data might shed some light on how Laura Bratt fits into the Bratt family line, and that it might confirm that she married Ransom Akin. I am also very hopeful that someone on the list can find out who the Laura/Lura/Lucy Akin was that married Freeland Morey in 1844. I show her to be the daughter of Edward Akin and Lura Wilcox, but I am coming to the belief that she does not belong to these parents. The Will of Edward Akin written in 1880 lists his children and does not list a Laura Morey. I have found this Laura (Akin) Morey in the 1850, 1860, and 1870 census, but I cannot find her in 1880 even though she would be only 56 years old which means that odds are she had not yet died. If I can prove she was alive in 1880, then I will know that she does not belong as a child of Edward Akin since she was not listed as an heir. Or, if someone can find her birth records or marriage records, some hint of parentage might exist. I have covered as many of the sources of internet data that I can think of and have not been able to answer these questions. I would appreciate any help that you all can give to me. Larry