MY HENRY COLLINS WAS MARRIED TO ELIZA MONTGOMERY AND THEY HAD AT LEAST 5 CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM WAS CARL ALVIN MONTGOMERY COLLINS WHO WAS A LT. IN THE UNION DURING THE SIOUX UPRISING OF 1862, AND HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE DAKOTA TRIALS OF DEC. OF THAT YEAR IN MANKATO MN. HE WAS BORN IN CRAWFORD CO PA AS FAR AS CAN BE DETERMINED AND I AM LOOKING FOR ANY RECORDS ON HIM OR HIS PARENTS. ALVIN MARRIED A GIRL NAMED LYDIA, BUT I DO NOT HAVE HER LAST NAME AND CANT FIND ANY RECORD OF HER DEATH IN WASHINGTON CO OR WHERE ALVIN DIED. THE COLLINS FAMILY , ALICE HENNEBERRY IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN LINKING ME TO HER LINE, BUT I HAVE NO PROOFS EXCEPT HERESAY ABOUT A LETTER IN THE FAMILY WHICH IS TELLING ABOUT HENRY AND FAMILY MOVING TO WISCONSIN , MN, AND WEST TO OR, WHICH ALSO MENTIONS MY GGGGRAMPA ALVIN AS BEING IN MN IN THE ARMY WHICH WAS A FAMILY STORY OF OURS. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THAT LETTER IF ANYONE HAS IT. I HAVE ALVINS DEATH CERTIFICATE BUT NO BIRTH CERT ON HIM... I HAVE HENRY AND ELIZAS MARRIAGE CERT, THEY MARRIED" NEXT DOOR" TO CRAWFORD CO, IN ASHTABULA CO OHIO, IN 1831...ALVIN WAS BORN AUG 8 1832 OR 1833 BUT I CANT FIND HIM. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS ON WHERE I SHOULD GO TO 1-FIND A CERT ON ALVIN, AND 2- FIND LYDIA'S LAST NAME...THIS FAMILY MOVED, ---ALOT!!! ALSO, ALVIN AND LYDIA HAD DAUGHTER EVALETT ELIZABETH, BORN 1861 IN MN AND TWINS FRANSIS AND FLORA (FLORENCE?) BORN IN 1863 IN WISCONSIN, ALL WHO WENT TO OREGON IN 1869 OR 1870 ACCORDING TO EVALETTS MEMOIRS...DO ANY OF THE COLLINS' HAVE ANY MORE IDEAS ON THIS BRANCH? ALVINS GRANDPARENTS WERE MARGARET BENNETT AND ISAAC WRIGHT COLLINS OF CRAWFORD CO PA. THE TWINS MARRIED PERSONS SURNAMED RASSMUSSEN AND MCGRUDER IN OR.THANK YOU. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.