In a message dated 11/6/99 7:58:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, charleshc@earthlink.net writes: << If the Grandfather died before his wife then check for a will or probate for his wife, Abagail's mother. 2nd Draw a five mile circle around Ridgebury, which narrows the search area some but still presents a daunting search task, and check the census backward from 1850 to the estimated date of her marriage for CAMPBELL families, again working outward in a circle from Ridgebury for one with a female of the correct age as your Abagail would have been a wife of. 3rd If you know her age and birthdate look at church records in the same 5 mile area for the marriages of an Abagail Overton >> hi Charles , Beth and the list , may I add to this advise ? , When drawing this 5 mile circle it would be a very good idea to use a 1850 or earlier map , Not todays map , Thereby getting only the towns / villiages / hamlets / etc that were in existance then !!! and work along the roads , Which road led to Which town ? Phil....