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/yYB.2ACI/14748.1.1.1 Message Board Post: If you haven't done so already, you might want to go to www.familytreemaker.com and do a search for Alcines CLARK. You should get 9 hits for him in World Family Tree, and a couple more home pages. The Family trees were all submitted by the same person(s) and there is not much difference between them, but as I recall some of the notes were removed on the later ones. (perhaps because they were not certain of their accuracy) Unfortunately, these are only available by subscription ($10.00 for a month, or $50.00 for a year.) I think you can also download a free viewer if you don't use FamilyTreeMaker software. You can also go to the home pages for free. This is the same couple that submitted those trees, and there is an e-mail link for them. According to their notes, Alsines had 20 children between his three wives. The names of some of these children are not known, and I believe that my ancester Sylvester CLARK is a younger brother of Lorinda CLARK (daughter of Alcines and Cynthia COLE) I base this belief because of similar naming patterns between the two families, and the fact that they seemed to follow each other across the country, from Ohio to Illinois, to Kansas, and to Oklahoma. I'm almost positive they are related somehow, but I still need to prove it. I don't know much more about Alcines other than what I have read in those notes, but according to them he may have still been living in 1880 Kansas. So, if you happen to run across a Sylvester Clark (or his son Sylvester A. Clark) in any of your travels, I would sure appreciate it if you dropped me a line. DuaneRysh@compuserve.com