This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Edwards Edward Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XcB.2ACE/307.1 Message Board Post: I did not find an Emiline Edwards b. abt 1841 in RI but I did find a Rachel Ann EDWARDS, d. Robert and Emaline (b. Sudbury), born Feb. 25,1849, in Bedford, MA. She died in Bedford too: 1849 EDWARDS Rachel Ann, d. Rowert W. and Emaline, cholera infantum, Sept. 21, 1849, a. 6 m. 26 d. more Death Bedford. There is also a the following record for an apparent sister: 1846 EDWARDS Emma L., d. Robert W. and Emeline, May 8, 1846. Birth Bedford Info came from NEHGS - Vital Records of Bedford, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, Boston, Mass., 1903 I found this couple in the 1850 census in Bedford, Middlesex, MA: R.W.Edwards (33 b. MA, farmer) and wife Emeline (28 b. MA) w/ Wm A, 6 and Emma E, 4. This could be your Emiline and her family! Chances are they called her Emma even if her full name was Emeline! Edwards, R. W. State: Massachusetts Year: 1850 County: Middlesex Roll: M432_324 Township: Bedford Page: 489 Hope this helps! Jan