Dabney, I am not sure if you are requesting a census lookup, so I checked 1900 for this family, just in case. Birthplace for Marlin was only given as "Texas", which is the case in almost every census year - except for some 1860 states and counties in which the enumerators were kind enough to give county of birth. There may have been other earlier years in which county was given, but I can't recall any offhand. You will probably not find his county of birth given in census records to date. My suggestion would be to obtain the death certificates of the siblings just older and younger than he to see if either of those give a clue to the county where they were living in 1896. For instance, if the sibling just younger than Marlin indicates that he/she was born in Hunt County, it might be safe to assume that Marlin was born there also. If the sibling just older than Marlin was born in Navarro, Marlin probably was also. You might also want to check deeds in Hunt County to get an idea as to when Alfred's family left there. Perhaps he sold land there before leaving. The 1900 census for Navarro County indicates that he was renting his farm, so probably had not yet made a purchase there. Much luck in your search. Sorry I wasn't able to be of more help. Linda in Georgia Census/Cemetery Lookup Volunteer Genealogy is my ONLY business. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dabney Bracken" <dmbrack@earthlink.net> To: <TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 2:46 PM Subject: [TX-CEN] Marlin J. Brackin > Only thing I have on birth place for my dad is Texas(on his death > certificate) Birth date was 16 MAr. 1896. He was in Navarro Co. when he > was 4 years old. Parents were Alfred E. Brackin and Alvia E. Hodges > Brackin married Hunt Co. Any help finding the birth place of dad will > be > greatly appreciated. > > > ==== TX-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > Free Soundex code converter > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter > > ============================== > 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 > >