I know most folks searching their family history run into brickwalls. Sometimes they come tumbling down after years of research. Sometimes they never do. My brickwall for Madison County centers on the DeRuyter area for one. Going through my grandmother's effects a number of years ago I ran across a couple of those little pamphlets given out at funerals of a couple of folks I didn't know. I wondered if they were friends or relatives. My Dad told me they were my grandmother's cousins. Trouble is I can figure out how they would be cousins. The family name in question is MAINE. In my unattached persons directory I have a Walter MAINE (1885-1926) married to Lora COYE (1888-1945). There is another MAINE or two that I can't recall at the moment. My grandmother was a PARKHURST. Father James Henry PARKHURST married Philura WILCOX. Philura to my knowledge only had one sibling who died young. James had 7 siblings. I know of none who married either a MAINE or a COY(E). That's the only way I can see my grandmother being a cousin to any MAINE or COY(E) children or adults. Am I missing something in my figuring? Does anyone know of any of these families tying together? Tim