Try for the obituary. Sometimes very revealing. Helen > > From: "Kathi and Jim Elliott" <[email protected]> > Date: 2004/04/14 Wed PM 10:04:24 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OHJACKSO-L] Seeking burial site Jane and James JENKINS (1840 and 1885??) > > Thank you for all the suggestions. The thought of divorce seems unlikely > since she was still using the husband's name in two censuses after he died, > and then suddenly, 30 years after his death, was using the maiden name. I > have wondered if they might have never been legally married, or if she just > automatically reverted without thinking about it. (Or if a neighbor gave > the information and just used the maiden name... People at my church do that > all the time. They'll be telling me about someone and I have no clue who > they mean because they are using the maiden names.) > > Anyway, it's another mystery to solve! If she died after 1867, there should > be a death certificate somewhere! > > Thanks, again, > Kathi > > > >