Hi, this is a shot in the dark, but I wonder if your Estes families migrated to Clyde, Calahan County, Texas. My wife attended school there in 1950's with a Word Estes . Word's dad and mom were in the local commercial bird Fanciers organization with my wife's mom and dad.There were several semi retired folk raising hundreds of Parakeets each and other pet birds, and selling them to a buyer in Abilene Airport who flew them to the Chicago market. They traded with the Burkes Farm near Clairette, Erath County. Mr. and Mr. Estes were held in high regard by all who knew them. Mr. Estes was also a Real Estate agent and a staunch supporter of the Church of Christ. Word's older Brother Billy Sol was - and still is, I suppose, a Church of Christ lay minister. He had some problems borrowing more money than he had fertilizer tanks for colatteral and later , after settling legal problems, , declared bankruptcy and kept a Country Club as his legal home, a Grain truck as his " Horse and Wagon" , and a Cadillac and horse trailer as his " Family Transportation" under Texas Bankruptcy law. Another grad of Clyde High School was a "Slim" Willett who claimed to have written " Don't let the Stars Get in your Eyes" and recorded it- but that's another story in Abilene court records-and ran Abilene Battery Company. Take care, Charles A. Wyly On Thu, 8 May 2003 18:52:56 -0700 [email protected] writes: > i,am hopeing some kid person out there will help me > i,am searching for a 1860 census in Erath County Texas for Thomas A > Lefaber > he was born in 1816 in ohio,i do know he was in earth county when > his little > girl was born in 1860 she was Louella B Lefaber born 1860,Thomas > wife was > Malinda Estes and they married in lawrence county missouri 1855?i > have them > back in stone county missouri in 1870 she was takeing care of her > elder > parents William J Estes and wife Millie,that is all i have on this > family and > i need to find where they are buried and when,or anything that will > tell me > what happen to this family after 1870, > i would appricate any and all on them > thank you > marie in colorado > [email protected] > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >