Well, I had entirely toooo many sighs this morning as I looked around trying to collect a few dead relatives. Sometimes I think these people don't want to be found, or the time is not right for them to be found, or...well you catch my drift. Some people think I am really experiences at Geneaology, but really I am not. I have not been doing it very long, I just catch onto things quick, and have been a researcher of other things, and researching one thing is not that much difference than researching others, It takes time, patience, footwork, bookwork and A LOT of analysis. I do know a great deal about Oklahoma, since my relatives have been here for so long, and because Oklahoma History is a required subject for High School graduation in this State. I have also read a great many books, and visited a lot of the State's historical sites and all that, so I pick up a lot of things. I still have, and make reference to my High School Oklahoma History book when I have forgotten something. It is Oklahoma: The story of its past and present by Edwin C. McReynolds. 1961 I have seen three of them on the shelf at my neighborhood library. But to tell you the honest-to-God truth, I am just learning, like most of you, I trod along...picking my way through piles and piles of paper, sometimes I find stuff, sometimes...it is a wash out. I have never gotten around to doing much Land Deed/Run/Allotment work. I think it is because there was just so much number business I still was not sure of and I spent a great deal of my time doing census work, newspapers and books til I had more "easy facts" to go on. But finding my great grandfather's old land deeds made me think about it and then I got real curious. What I found was a mother lode of information. Doing my own land will help me I am certain to help others via lookups for this information. One request came in to me to look up JACKSON in Kiowa County land run stuff so I finally got over there to that section of the library. Found out there is a nice library assistant there who specializes in that stuff. I will have to memorize his work schedule so I know when he is there and plan my lookups around him being there. Anyway, I did not find a lot this morning, and I am going to run up there and do some Newspaper work to soothe my wounded ego this afternoon. (I love Newspapers) The people in the Newspaper room are the bestest bunch in the whole place to, in my opinion. here is my *sniff pout* run down of lookups this morning: JACKSON: Learned a great deal. Will email you COMBES None listed in Kingfisher History book. None listed in the cemetaries available at OHS. (the Kingfisher section is sadly lacking some one needs to go down there and see what is up with those people.) There is a sweeet little book tho called: "Echoes of 89" Printed in 1939 By the Kingfisher Times and Freepress If you can find this book, I think it would really be a little pot of Gold for you. It is unindexed, but a delightful piece of work. BOAZMAN/HAWN No reader available. GROSS: Your cemetary list is on Microfiche, no reader available. There is a very well done History of Kiowa County, however it is un-indexed. CLARK: One Robert with wrong date in Cemetary books. Did find some other Clarks that I copied. will email you. WRIGHT: No Tom but did find an Emma will email you. PAYNE: Beckham county is also sadly lacking. Go down there and whup up on some folks!! Nalora