Hi Guys - Greetings from Kansas, home of the BAK. The trip to Jewell went well, and as usual you gain information, and then you have questions. It was a fun trip to the past in my mind anyway as we drove and I thought about what this part of Kansas looked like in 1870's when William H. Queen and family came to Jewell County, I've accumulated more knowledge of the county history since I've been up there. The Wallace Cemetary actually has a sign with an index and map. On the index is listed all the Queens I know and then Cyrus Queen with the same 'plot number' as my grandfather John Queen and Jennie Ferbrache. Back we walk, and next to John and Jennie is a Cyrus Carpenter. Back we walk to the sign, in the index is a Cyrus Carpenter with the same number. SO I'm thinking we have a slip of the eye when typing, and Cyrus Queen doesn't exist he's Cyrus Carpenter. (Of course Cyrus Carpenter isn't listed in 1870 in Kansas in the census either.) I have put out some queries and am looking for a contact name for cemetary to see if there are written records. (I'm doubtful there will be any written records, Jewell County was barely settled, but it never hurts to ask.) And actually dawned on me this morning, there is a lot of 'empty' space around William H. Queen's tombstone, duh, unmarked graves?, so there is more than one reason to pursue written records. Question - William H., wife, and daughter all have one tombstone. Wife died 1916. Daughter died 1885. Was stone put up later, or did they have the ability to engrave stone onsite earlier. Dates I have in database don't match exactly to tombstone. Oh the challenge of confirming data. With our wanderings in the country, we actually end up at Mankato, with the Bethel Cemetary or McGeehee Cemetary not found in the country, and I look at my husband who is trying hard to be patient. I say I'll tell you what let's go on up to Mankato and see if we can find the cemetary there. A quick stop at a gas station, with a gal who looks about 16 working there, I think oh no this won't work, but an older man walks in, who knows where the cemetary is. No sign or index at this cemetary, so I walk and walk, and finally surrender to the fact that I need more information or more patience to find the Queens I'm looking for, more letters to write :*) Two women stop in their car and ask who are you looking for, and believe it or not, they knew them, but they couldn't tell me where grave site was, or the other Queen that is supposed to be buried there. Thanks to those of you who read to end, and I know some of you are thinking you need to be writing these stories down for your children, and guess what by posting this message I've got a start. Keep searching guys. Glenda