After many years of searching I just located my half-ggg Aunt Elmina (KELLY) BROWN residing in Precint 6 of Bell County TX at the time of the 1880 Census. Aunt Elmina was born about 1846 in GA. her husband Joseph BROWN born in AL. The son, William was born about 1866 in Kansas; daughters: Nancy was born about 1869 and Mary J. about 1871 in AR . The youngest child Hiram J. T. was born about 1876. If any one has any information it would be helpful Also, I would like to meet any of you who may be attending the National Genealogy Society Conference in Sacramento CA this May. I just received this message from a friend. So there are a few more days to register at a reduced rate. NGS has extended the Early Bird registration deadline to 19 April 2004. If you haven't registered yet there is still time to take advantage of the discounted registration price for this National Conference being held in Sacramento this year. You can register online at: http://www.eshow2000.com/ngs/ you can also access the registration from NGS' web site at: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org and http://www.sacvalleygenes.org/ When registering be sure to click on Conference Program and Special Events to learn about the Tuesday pre-conference tours available. Jonelle ELLIS Russell