Maureen, I'm sorry I can't help with that , but your posting has gotten my attention due to the fact that your Sinks ancestors were in Mississippi. I have some Sinks ancestors in Louisiana , and am having a terrible time tracking them. I'm wondering if there could possibly be some connection , as it seems there weren't many Sinks wwho migrated to this area of the country. My first known Sinks ancestor was a JACOB SINKS who was married to a woman named CATHERINE ( I feel strongly that her surname was Fewell). They migrated to Louisiana , I think by way of Pendleton County , KY , and were in Feliciana Parish , LA by 1812 , when Jacob was on the roster of War of 1812 soldiers. Jacob appears on the 1820 East Feliciana Parish census with a wife and a number of children, all female except for one male child. Their daughter , NANCY SINKS , born 25 March 1808 in Kentucky , married THOMAS BENNETT in Amite County , MS on 11 March 1824. NANCY SINKS is my direct line ancestor. Another daughter , SARAH SINKS , married HARDY BRIAN ( BRYAN , BRYANT) , on 17 Jan. 1818 in Feliciana Parish , LA. Another daughter , MARY ANN SINKS , married JOHN LEBO on 18 March 1831 in Natchitoches Parish , LA. I am unable to find JACOB SINKS on any other census records in LA until 1850 , when he appears as a 72 year old laborer , born in Virginia. At that point , he has no family listed with him. I would greatly appreciate any information you could give me on your Sinks family -- even if there appears to be no tie-in. I am really desperate here , and feel like any bit of information might be a clue. I am posting this query to the entire SINKS list rather than just to Maureen personally , in case anyone out there might be able to help me. Thanks so much. Sandra Gilbreath ----- Original Message ----- From: <Pushbar11@aol.com> To: <SINKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 1999 12:31 PM Subject: [SINKS-L] Can anyone help? > Hello all, I was wondering if anyone could help me out here. > I went to Genforum and posted a message a few months ago. And now there is a > response to my query. But in trying to e-mail this person back, it seems that > the e-mail address has been either cancelled or changed. > So I was wondering if any one has heard of a Larry Kennedy? He used to be on > Bellatlantic.com. > I have added his message this this one incase anyone should recognize his > name or even better know how to reach him. Any and all help will be > appreciated. > In His message he is looking for information on my GreatGrandfathers Brother. > And I might be able to help him out. > Here is his message; > > My maternal grandfather was Wallace Franklin Sinks, born May 26, 1890 in > Mississippi and died September 5, 1972 in Mt.Vernon, IL. His father was Jim > Sinks and his mother was Sarah Octane Hart. That's where my information > stops. Any connection? > > Again, if anyone can help, it will be greatly appreciated. > Maureen Sinks Lenzo >