I supplied Terry with that info. The funny thing was without his help, I may not have ever had any leads. He had a family tree posted that listed Dilver Smothers. I knew that was one of my dad's brothers (I forget how I knew this!), so I emailed him and inquired about his family. He had me contact a man named Randall Vinson, he is related to my uncles daughter Cecelia Hope Smothers. I called Hopes mom, Francis Newbill and found out how to contact my Aunt Daisy. Whew! Confused yet? It was all a large tail chasing incident, but I was able to finally contact my Aunt. I traveled out to their home county and we all met and I love them all dearly. It has been a very rewarding experience finding out about family. Sofar, all of the Smothers I've contacted have been wonderful. Thanks, Tony -----Original Message----- From: Nena Smothers [mailto:smothersnena@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 1:42 AM To: SMOTHERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SMOTHERS] James Wesley Smothers well I found this...still does not tell me who was parents to him though but obviously this is his family... Contact: Terry Albers There may be errors in these files. Please contact with corrections ID: I19691 Name: Ernie SMOTHERS 1 Sex: M Birth: 5 MAR 1932 Death: 16 MAY 1969 Change Date: 13 MAY 2003 Father: James Wesley SMOTHERS Mother: Vonnie Alta MELTON b: 3 DEC 1900 Marriage 1 Living RICHARDSON Children Living SMOTHERS Living SMOTHERS Marriage 2 Estelle TIDWELL b: 25 AUG 1933 Children Living BOWKER Sources: Text: Tony Bowker ***** the one who wrote me _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237