Have you tried the 1900, 1910, & 1920 census in the correct County for Nelson, PA? If you do not know the county, you should look that up. The location, not only by town, but county is extremely important. When you find the county you could put in a query on the PA Genweb for that county. Peggy Sharon Zurflieh wrote: > At 01:07 AM 5/30/00 -0700, James Shuman wrote: > > >Could you tell us where John and Laner were located? It would help if we > >knew what geographic area you are searching. > > I'm not sure. The earliest location information I have is that their > g-g-grandson, my g-g-grandfather Omar Curtis Shewman was married in Nelson, > PA in 1897.