Liz, All the census records before 1850 are by head of household only so you would have to know the first name of Mr Skinner to find them in 1840 and then you couldn't be positively sure it was the right family unless he had a unique first name. I did check the marriage records online and see no marriage records for Rebecca. Bill Mc -----Original Message----- From: Liz Smith <grannylizcd@yahoo.com> To: tn-census-lookup@rootsweb.com <tn-census-lookup@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:27 PM Subject: Re: [TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP] SHORT, Rebecca >Hi Bill, >I am sorry about not being more clear. I have been on >this family for several days steady and I guess I >think everyone should be too. :) >I would like to find Rebecca (Short) SKINNER in the >East before 1846. UNKNOWN SKINNER husband's name with >her and the children all together. My pioneer book has >her with two children for sure---Guilford L. Skinner >b. 9-2-1842 and William b. 1844 in Green County, >Indiana. When they got to Oregon for the 1850 census >they both went by Cooper and then as adults appeared >to be back to SKINNER. > >When she married Samuel Cooper in ILL. in 1846 they >both had children and came by wagon train to Oregon. I >would like to have the verification that these are her >kids and if she had any more SKINNER'S before they >were married and set off for the west. Of course, they >had their own children after they arrived, so you can >probably guess about the descrepancies on the >information trail. > >Thanks so much for taking an interest. >Best Wishes, >Liz >PS Don't hesitate to ask questions as I know this may >be confusing. > > >Liz, >> >> What sort of help are you looking for? >> >> Bill Mc >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Liz Smith <grannylizcd@yahoo.com> >> To: TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP@rootsweb.com >> <TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Saturday, September 23, 2006 1:25 PM >> Subject: [TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP] SHORT, Rebecca >> >> >> >Hi List, >> >I am looking for Rebecca SHORT. According to 1880 >> >census she was born 1812 or 1813 in TN and her >> Father >> >was born in VA and Mother born in MD. She married a >> >SKINNER, Unknown probably in Indiana and then my >> >COOPER,Samuel in Schuyler,City, Illinois Feb. 27, >> 1846 >> >and left for Oregon with combined families in 1848. >> >Thanks for any help. >> > >> >Liz Smith >> >Oregon >> > >> >__________________________________________________ >> >Do You Yahoo!? >> >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam >> protection around >> >http://mail.yahoo.com >> > >> >------------------------------- >> >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP-request@rootsweb.com with the >> word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject >> and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP-request@rootsweb.com with the >> word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject >> and the body of the message >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message