Hi all. I am new to this list and just listing for the first time. I have information that James McKIM, his brother Robert, and an unnamed sister lived in Hollidaysburg. James was born in PA in 1818 and married Elizabeth PIPER,born about 1822, in PA about 1845. They had nine children, all born in PA, between 1846 and 1863. Their next to youngest daughter, Martha, was one of my great grandmothers. About 1869 they moved to MO and from there I can track them pretty well. I do have copies of the 1870 and 1880 censuses from MO. James, Robert and their sister were the only children of an immigrant named William McKIM and an unknown woman. William is supposed to have died in a mining accident in Mine #10, Hollidaysburg. No date, just when the children were young. After his death, their mother did not remarry. William was supposed to have been from England and his wife from Ireland, according to the 1870 and 1880 censuses. Elizabeth PIPER was from England, arriving in the US at about age 12 in 1834. No other information about her. I have searched the 1850 and part of the 1860 censuses for them in Hollidaysburg. Did area boundaries change? What twps were close? And are there indexes for Blair County for these censuses? In MO, James listed himself as a farmer. Thanks for any hints. In the meantime, I will be searching all of Blair and Huntingdon Counties as my genealogical map of PA (Bless my mom and grandmother. The map was in my grandmother's geneaology notes and my mother kept them!!) says Blair Co was formed in 1846. Barbara Jameson marksnana@juno.com Monument, CO