Hi Lisa! (and list) You have given me some good clues--and a renewed hope that the information is out there somewhere. Im enclosing everything I have run across that might even remotely help you out with YOUR lines... Morgan Co OH census 1850 Jonathan Bigham 36 Rhoda 18 (married 20 Jul 1848 in Morgan Co) Mary E 11/12 Perry Co OH Census 1850 Joseph Lowrey 37 OH Eliza Lowrey 34 PA Delila Bigum 9 Jonathan Bigum 7 Elizabeth Bigum 4 Mary Bigum 1 Elizabeth Pierce or Pence 59 PA (Eliza's Mother) Perry Co Marriages William E Bigum Lizzie M Bigum 22 June 1902 Son of George and Lizzie Walters Bigum Perry Co Wills James Bigum wife Eliza, son Jonathan Elizabeth Pence, Mother in Law will dated 28 Sept 1849 Perry CO Infirmary Records James Bingham 32 confined Nov 12 1877-Dec 15 1877 Perry Co Census 1870 Jonathan Bigam 24 Emma Bigam 22 Eliza Mauris 53 (Austins Mother) Austin 17 Ambrose Jane 10 I also have a couple of letters suggesting that the Bigum name is often Bingman. Oh joy. Good luck and keep in touch! ------Original Message------ From: Hoffman793@aol.com To: triedit@email.com Sent: April 2, 2001 7:45:21 PM GMT Subject: Re: BIGUM Hi, I hate to say this, but I don't have anything for a Sarah Bigum/Biggum in my notes...yet. I always say that, then later on I'll find she was related. I think there were a couple Bigum families in Perry County, somehow related. My great grandmother was Lizzie Bigum, and her husband was William Ed Bigum. Obviously, they had different parents, but their last names are the same. I imagine probably at least second cousins, but I don't know. Lizzies parents were Jonathon Bigum and Emma Wallace, Ed's parents were George Bigum and Elizabeth Walters. I don't know if Geoge and Jonathon are related, although like I said, I think they probably were somehow. I have most of Jonathon's siblings and all of his children, and there is no George (or Sarah) in that group. To my knowledge, Jonathon was the only male to survive (out of his siblings) a diptheria epidemic. Jonathon's father was James Bigum, and I don't know anything about him. That is where I am stuck. I know James had spelled his name both Bigum and Bigham, and he was married in Muskingum County, and I think I have seen other Bigums there as well. You might want to try that route. I think they came to Perry Co. around 1835-1840. Sorry I couldn't be more help! If you know anything about James Bigum/Bigham, or William Ed and his parents, please let me know. One more thing...I know some Bigums went to Fairfield Co (Lancaster). They married as first cousins, and they changed the spelling of their name to Biggum so people wouldn't think anything about it. Hope to hear from you! Lisa Robin Pyatt Bellamy Toronto, ON, Canada Find all my genealogy (and lots of other stuff) at http://home.primus.ca/~triedit ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com