Hi Stan I started asking questions in 1960 but after getting married and many years passed I didn't partake in genealogy very much. But 13 years ago my husband died and I needed something to fill my void...So genealogy was my fill and still is. I already knew my mother's parents names. Both of them. I did ask my Grandpa WARD who his parents were and that was my beginning on the Ward side. However I can't get past 1850 as there were so many with that surname and given name. I still have the letter he answered giving me the names. My brick wall is my father's sister ELLEN WARD BOWLIN BROWN. I have her death date but no surname in his Bible just Ward. So I don't know if she was a BROWN when she died in 1939. In 1850 my great great grandpa was listed as JAHELA WARD and someone dechipered his wife's name as SIRENE . Her name was SARY or SARAH. Maybe one day I can find more. Her maiden name was HENDERSON. I belong to ancestry.com. I pay by the month can't afford a big payment all at once. There is another place where you can get some info and the census records for FREE. It is called HERTIAGEQUEST. If your library has it and you have a card, you can access it from your home using the card. The actual census records are there as well as ancestry. Familysearch.org is a fairly good place to search too and they are adding things all the time. It is run by the LDS or Mormons. If you are at a brick wall with something maybe post it and we may be able to help. Happy searching. If anyone else has something to add to my letter please do so Milly WARD Piros My Mind is like Lightning.....One Brilliant flash and pooooooooofffffffff It's gone

Milly, Do you have any information or pictures on the Head O Wolf Lumber Camp that was run in Wolf River by Tennessee Stave and Lumber Company? I would love to have details about the camp and some good quality pictures. I found out about three years before my mother's death that she lived in that camp when she was a little girl. My grandfather, Henry York, got his foot crushed trying to board one of the rail cars while it was moving. He was an employee of the railroad. Would dearly love to have a photo of the trains that took the logs and lumber out of the valley via an incline. The camp was at Rottens Fork, but I haven't been able to identify the exact location of the incline. Willie