Happy New Year, 2000, Kay County List members; Only last week, I posted a request for help in finding the children of Dr. Virgil and Sarah Wood, who left Hempstead County, Arkansas and just disappeared. Although I heard very quickly after the posting from two list memebers, I still need some marriage information on five of the Wood children I listed in the first posting; they are: Beulah L. Wood, born in Hempstead Co., AR circa 1877. Edna E. Wood, born after 1880 Robert H. Wood (born after Edna) Okla Wood, twin to Homa. (Twins, Okla & Homa, youngest of known children) Homa Wood, twin to Okla. A very gracious Oklahoma lady, named, Darlene, has already found the marriage record of one of the children listed last week. I left her out out of this posting, since I received the following from her; "Minnie O. Wood, (23), and her husband, a Mr. D. A. Rose, (25), married in Kay County. Both husband and wife had been living in Watonga, Blaine County, O. T. according to the record. They were married in Blackwell, Oct. 22, 1902. by George L. Hale, pastor. (Entry # 117, page 20)." Darlene, checked the Kay County Marriage Records for 1893-1900 and Volume 4 1902-1904. Besides Minnie Wood, she found listings for Fred, Guy C., Harry R., Mary E., Ulyses, V.A., and William E. Wood in the index. She checked these later to see if a parent was listed in either of the latter names, giving consent to an under-age party; she found none listed. I was hoping she would find a Virgil or Sarah Wood giving consent of an under-aged V. A. Wood in the listing above....no such luck. Since Dr Wood's initials are V. A., I was hoping this was another child born after they moved to Oklahoma, on whom I had no record. Darlene wrote me, "I do not have records from 1900-1902". If any one in the Kay County area has access to marriage records for years, 1900-1902, and any marriage records after 1904, I would be very grateful if either of these Wood children could be found. Darlene, has already done a lot of hard work by checking for these children in the Kay County Marriage Records for years, 1893-1900 and Volume 4 of, 1902-1904. So, there will be no need to look in those records again. She has really gotten me off on a happy start into this new millenium by finding one of the Wood children in just a few hours after my posting to this list last week. I will forever be grateful to her for finding marriage records of, Minnie O. Wood, the second child, who was born, Jan 1880 in Arkansas. All children but Beulah, were born after 1880. A Mr. Shupe, who lived in Blackwell at one time, helped give me a badly needed education in the history and geography of Oklahoma, as did Darlene, an Oklahoma lady already mentioned. Mr. Shupe is going to try get back to Kay County later this month to look for the obits of Virgil, and possibly, Sarah's in the old newspaper records. He has already answered my query of last week concerning the earliest available census records of the Kay County area. I am in the process of trying yo acquire those Kay County census years so I can go through them. We have little to no Oklahoma records in my rural town area. About 5-6 weeks ago, after inquiring by mail to the UAMS Library in Little Rock, AR., the librarian sent me Xeroxed copies of four sheets from the April 18, 1925, edition of the Journal of American Medical Society (JAMA). One of those four sheets included an account of medical journal type of an obituary of, Dr. Virgil A. Wood. It lists the date of his death, March, 19, 1925, in Blackwell, OK. Indeed, his double-headstone was located in the I.O.O.F Cemetery, Kay County by, Ms. Judith Tickel Need. She found it in her cemetery records in just an hour or so after I emailed her. She was listed as a volunteer for cemetery record lookups at the Kay County website. Virgil's wife, Sarah, died Sep 21, 1932, and is buried beside him. Any information on the other five Wood children listed would be appreciated, very much. Thank you in advance, Ray Turner in Hempstead County, Arkansas.