This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mannies/ Mannis, Lawson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3232 Message Board Post: Hi all you Manis and Lawson researchers, There are a lot of you on this message board and I am hoping you can help me and another researcher link our families together. My line has a Clinton Mannies/ Mannis (born abt 1870 in TN) married to Tennessee/Sarah. Clinton has a son Oscar born in 1903 in TN. They moved from TN to Miami, IN about 1910. The other researcher has a Martha Mannies (born abt 1856) married to Darr Lawson. They are on the 1880 Hawkins, TN census in 83rd division (3rd district). Martha also had a brother Oscar. Martha and Darr Lawson also end up in Miami, IN. We know these two families are related because the other researchers uncle has a picture of Clinton Mannis' wife Tennessee. He said that they came from Rodgersville, TN. We aren't sure how these two families connect but we know that they must and the answer probably lies in who Clinton and Martha's father is and are they the same person. Please help us link our lineages. Janet French Crisp