This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1VB.2ACE/866.869.1 Message Board Post: I am not a descendent of Darlings. My late step-father was and I am currently working with a granddaughter of James Darling b1837, a cousin of my stepfathers. I have only the birthdate of 1841-1842 for Franklin Darling, b/o James Darling b1837. I did find an 1860 census listing for a Frank Darling age 19 born IN living with the Preston Mullins family in what became Parsons Creek, Linn, MO; he was single and a laborer. Is that your grandfather? I wasn't sure from your email to me if you don't have descendents for James or perhaps not all of them for Franklin. I can provide the James info, or at least most of it. I have two other Franklin Darlings, or at least I think they are two different ones but I can't be positive. Both born 1867, one to James and Jane McKane Darling (this is the one I am suspect of) and the other to Stephan and Amanda Lee Darling (this is a good one since he clearly shows up on the census). Do you have any generations further back than your great-grandparents, Peter and Mercy Shepard Darling? If so, I would love to have that info. I believe that I am back a number of generations on the Darling/VandeBogart side but Mercy Shepard's roots continue to elude me after many many years. Please let me know what info I can send you that I might have. Sincerely Rose Barnstable