While on vacation, I stopped by the courthouse and acquired a copy of an ancestor's estate from the Probate court. The widow was named the "admministratrix" and later in the document their minor daughter was mentioned. My question: If the widow was pregnant at the time of the ancestor's death (Dec 1848); gave birth (Feb 1849); and the Probate docutment was dated 11 May 1849 - would the infant have been mentioned? Or because birth was after his death, was not mentioned? In 1900 census, my ggg-grandmother stated that she gave birth to 7 children - we (various researchers) have accounted for 6 - 1 daughter from first marriage, 3 sons, 2 daughters from 2nd marriage. Some researchers have mentioned that family stories indicate she had 2 children with her first husband. In the 1849 Mortality Index, I found a Lucetta Case - died Aug 1849 age 6 (year/month no stated) of croup - there are no other Case's in Meigs or Gallia County in the 1850 census. Further down the page there is a Lovina Chase who died in Aug, 1849 - her age is given as 7 (year/month not stated) but her grave stone says 7 months. So it is possible that Lucetta was 6 months - this would fit for the child of Clarissa and Giles S. Case Does the fact that she is not mentioned in the court papers mean that Clarissa and Giles only had one child? Or, if she was born after his death, would she not be mentioned in the court documents? Any help/comments would be appreciated. SueEd NY ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/