Hi, I am requesting that someone please look at the 1880 census record for Mary Phillips who was a widow on the 1880 census for Williams Ranch, Brown Co., TX, with children Sarah 12, Charles 10, Susan 8, and George 3. The identity of Mary's parents would be a nice bonus, but at this point I would gladly settle for identifying I Mary's spouse, the man I hope was the father of her children. Susan was my great-grandmother. I can't tell for certain what the birthplace of Mary's father is, and I don't know what his name was either. If I did, I could look up his records and verify it. Anyway, I thought the birthplace of Sarah's father might be one clue to his identity, but that space in Sarah's record has ditto marks. I assume it means that the birthplace of Sarah's father is the same as the birthplace of Mary's father. It looks like it might be Alabama, but it looks too much like a scrawl to me. The birthplace of Mary's mother appears to be Alabama, and for Sarah it's a single apostrophe which I assume means it's the same as Mary's mother. The birthplace of the parents for the other 3 children is completely blank. I really appreciate any information that you can provide, thanks so much, Cathey Cline If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free.