This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: O_Patrick Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.powell/7108.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Well, I do not know that I can tell you what you are doing wrong or right. But will tell you what I did. I entered only George Ward Powell and nothing else on the search form. That got 14,389 matches. To the left is an "all categories" column where you can choose to look at a smaller amount of items pertaining to the matches. There is a marriage record listed for George Ward Powell and Garrigan 1896 Philadelphia. Going back to the search form, I enter his name but added the city and state so that I would get fewer matches. This could have been my first entry because the marriage record came up. When I could not find George on the 1900 census, I went to the 1880 to see if I could find him. There was a George W Powell, 27, stock broker, son of Victor D and Elizabeth S Powell living in Philadelpia in 1880. There was no way for me to tell if this was the right person. So I went to the 1910 census looking for George R Powell. Actually there were three George R's on 1910 census but Phil Ward 46 had him, Marie, & Elizth as stepchildren of Michael A Saoage (The name is written Savage) and mother as Mary J, so figured this had to be the right family. Of course, the George R in Ward 47 was 9 and a student at Girard College; born in PA, father b. PA, mother b. England--so Ward 46 and Ward 47 has a male same age with birth places same. Still think Ward 46 is right. Going to Familysearch I located the birth record for Elizabeth E Powell b. 19 Oct 1904 Philadelphia; parents: George Ward Powell and Mary Jane Gahagin. You can also find George Ranson Powell b. 24 Oct 1900 Philadelphia; parents: George and Jane Powell. Ester Hazel Powell b. 15 Dec 1906 Philadelphia, d. 5 Jan 1906 Philadelphia, buried: Old Cathedral Cemetery Philadelphia; birth record parents: George W Powell and Jennie Gahagin; death record parents: Geo W Powell and Mary Jane. The marriage record for Elizabeth E Powell: 1924 Philadelphia to ? Lambert. Looking at the 1930 Philadelphia census, there is Harold & Elizabeth Lambert, 25, PA, with a 2 yr old son Harold. You should be able to find on 1940 census also. The 1940 census, Ward 41 Philadelphia, finds Mary J Savage, widow, with 3 Savage children: Arthur A, Norbert J, and Lorraine C. Good luck Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.