Can you check an earlier census to see if William turns up as a child under another roof? Just keep good track of the year he was born and do a little digging. Anyone else out there have suggestions? ----- Original Message ----- From: "gayle" <gayle1@wheatstate.com> To: <PAARMSTR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [PAARMSTR-L] Small cemetery near Freeport > Hello > I wonder if there is a way to check to see if Mary Woods who was 78 years of > age in the 1850 census in Freeport, or the others I found there, John and > Jane Woods were 52 and 42 in the 1850 census (and are there in the 1860 > census). There is a James and Ann Woods in the 1850 census age 55 and 43, > with them are James, William and Andrew Michler ages 12, 15, 18. > > My Wm and Hannah (Fanny Carnahan) Woods were in the 1850 census, and then > with their children moved to Iowa about 1855. > > My problem is trying to determine if any of the first paragraph have a > connection to my family who moved to Iowa. > > Any suggestions you can offer will be appreciated! > > Gayle in Kansas > > > > ==== PAARMSTR Mailing List ==== > > >

Thanks for the suggestion but 1850 is the first time children are listed in a census, therefore I can't find him as a child in anyone's home before he married. He has been married almost 20 years before the 1850 census. Finding the parents of William and his wife Fanny/Hannah Carnahan has been fruitless so far. I have no information or proof ... not even a hint for parents or siblings. Thus my curiosity about Mary's date of death and hopes for an obituary. It is almost impossible to even track land records in PA because they are indexed by the first name of the individual buying and selling land, and then go to the surname after that. If there had been a simple way to check all the Woods in Freeport Twp in the early 1800's that wouldn't have been so bad, but it apparently doesn't work that way. I appreciate all suggestions and perhaps something will turn up yet! Gayle