I'm new to the list and fairly new to research. I am hitting a brick wall with one particular ancestor. According to family records my GGgrandmother's name was Asenath Root married to John Phillips. The link to Erie, Ohio is both my Ggrandmother Sarah Marie Phillips and her brother Walter R. Phillips were said to have been born in Erie County, Ohio. Sarah Marie was born 12 May 1828 and Walter R. was born17 Oct 1833. I do not know how long the family lived in Ohio. They went to Michigan and I found Walter in the 1880 MI census and his mother was living with him widowed and the spelling of her name on the census record was Esineth. I also found John Phillip's death record and burial there. The thing is that is it. I can find nothing before or after that. It is as if she came from nowhere and vanished into nowhere. I have researched extensively ROOT family records to no avail. My requst for this list is HELP! I live in Missouri. I have tried searching census records for Erie on the Genweb site, haven't seemed to help. Are there census records (1830 or 1840) or birth records available for their birth dates that might give parents names, place of birth etc that someone could look up for me. I hate to ask as this could be difficult. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. I can't seem to do this alone. Thank you, Donna