My two Armstrong County families left there for Iowa about 1855. Other than the 1850 census, and a bit of a land record on the Ashkettle...I have discovered nothing about these families. Any help would be appreciated. James A. ASHKETTLE married about 1830 Rebecca. (Family stories say BULL or BUTTS but neither may be true). Civil War Records and obits for their children show the children were born in Armstrong Co PA...There may be a connection to a Hutchinson family as their eldest son is named James Hutchinson ASHKETTLE. He married Mary Ann SNYDER before the left Armstrong County. They are associated with Plum Twp. After they Ashkettle's moved to Iowa their daughter, Mary Elizabeth, married a native of Armstrong County, PA. James Washington WOODS who appears as a child in Freeport Twp Armstrong County PA in the 1850 census with his parents William and Hannah/Fanny CARNAHAN WOODS. William and Fanny also married about 1830, and records show their children born in Armstrong County. William Woods death record says he was born in Westmoreland County. In 1850, he was a coal digger in Freeport Twp. I was at the courthouse in Armstrong County and find one land record for James A. Ashkettle, and nothing that matches up in Orphans Court records. Are there other places I should be looking for these families other than census, land, orphans court, probate court? One would think with a name like Ashkettle it would be easy to trace. Gayle gayle1@kansas.net