Hi, Ron, Couple questions--how did you find a wife listed in the 1840 census? And in the 1850 census, could the Sindy have been Lindy? Old handwriting S & L are an awful lot alike. Good luck, Joann Nichols [email protected] Ronald Presley wrote: > Hello, Group----- > > I would like to thank everyone for the help you've given me in my hunt > for my orphan, JAMES W. G. RUDD. > At this moment he is still an orphan, though we have had a good lead > or two, he has not found his home yet. > > For a refresher, he was born in North Carolina about 1815. Possibly > Caswell County. His wife on the 1840 census was MALINDA, born also > about 1815, in NC. The 1850 census called her "SINDY". Maybe a > nickname? > > Their first son was HENRY CLAY RUDD, born about 1840-41, in Cherokee > Co., GA. There were several other children, all born in Cherokee Co., > before they moved to Shelby Co., AL., in 1859-60. > > Have been looking for this one man for a lot of years. > ANY help will be greatly appreciated. > > Ronald Presley > [email protected] > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com