Dear List Members, First a great big THANK YOU to all the list members who have sent me various tidbits of information on my Aiken/Edgefield/Augusta ancestors. All new stuff now available through the Internet that we did not have years ago when I first researched these families. I try to return the favor to others when I can. I am still trying to sort out my CARPENTER/WHITLOCK/HATCHER/SWEAROMGEN lines. My Carpenter great garndparents, Edward Carpenter and Emma Frances Whitlock, moved from the Trenton area of Edgefield County, South Carolina, to Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, c. 1902. She is supposed to have had two half sisters who were older than she, same mother, but different father, though they went by the Whitlock name and their births are recorded in the Whitlock Bible. After their mother died, their father remarried and had about a dozen more children. Frances V. m. John Fulmer. They are buried in the Graniteville Cemetery along with her mother, Fannie H. Whitlock. Name, but no dates on marker according to published cemetery book. Another subscriber sent me more information on this Fulmer family. I have found this family on the 1900 Aiken County, South Carolina, Census. However, I can find no trace of her sister, Ella S., b. NOvember 6, 1861. She is supposed to have married George Thompson at Vaculuse, South Carolina (Is this in Edgefield or Aiken County???), May 8, 1879. She died November 27, 1939, in Augusta; buried in the Magnolia Cemetery. Someone who subscribes to the AUGUSTA CHRONICLE online e-mailed me a copy of her obituary. She had two son, John G. Thompson and Richard L. Thompson, both of Augusta, three grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Can't find either of the sons on a census either. Has somebody on the lists come across these people??? The Texshare Heritage Quest census Indexes does not have one for 1930 Georgia. Have not found George Thompson in 1880 S C or 1900-1910-1920 in Augusta. He either got missed by the census taker or his listing got folded, spindled and mutulated in the transcription of the Index. Assistance appreciated. Vivian Cates, Rt. #2 Box 52-A, Alto, Texas 75925-9607 1-936-858-3801 http://www.inu.net/vcates