A recent message was: This was the only mention of Robert Waddell: It was in Columbia 1817-1822... My reply: If persons are searching for missing Waddells who may have migrated from Sumter Co. (not proved), suggest looking at early records of Wilkinson Co., MS, many of which films can be ordered through LDS Family History centers. One Eleanor Waddell, daughter of Noel Waddell, Methodist minister, married a George Keller (there were three of them) in Wilkinson Co., MS. Noel Waddell died there. The marriage can be easily traced through published marriage records (Hunting for Bears is the publisher) and there are documents pertaining to the family in the filmed land and court records of Wilkinson Co., MS. Also, Heritage Books in the last few years published some newspaper excerpts of Wilkinson Co., which are quite helpful in establishing links, as notices of probate sales were given. Incidentally, many of the names found in early Wilkinson Co., MS and in the adjoining Louisiana Parishes of East Feliciana and West Feliciana stem from Sumter Co. families. If your missing families are not in Wilkinson Co., try the adjoining parishes. I do only research on the sons (and one daughter) of Cason Scott, a Revolutionary Sergeant of Sumter Co. (died 1816) and an associated family of George Keller, who sold his land in Sumter Co. in 1810. However, for serious researchers, many census indexes and Mississippi land records can narrow the search for those missing in migration. Evelyn W. Wallace southern California