This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IiB.2ACE/769.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Jean, I thought if I found the McClain family in the 1920 census I possibly could find the Kennedy family in the same county but did not find Walter's record. Did you find it? Do you know for fact the Kennedy's went to Arkansas? Do you know where Ruth and Wm married? It seems that the McClain's were in Arkansas by 1923 [appx yr of birth for James McClain] and William and Ruth married about 1927/28 according to the 1930 census and Bonnie Ruth born in Caddo Parish makes me think they married in LA after the McClain's went to LA ? Perhaps the Kennedy's were in Caddo Parish in 1920? Did you look at the Kennedy's in the census in Caddo Parish ? The 1910 Texas and most 1920 census records are soundexed. You only find the head of household on Ancestry.com but the soundex cards lists all persons on a 3 X 5 index. William would be on a card with age, place of birth and the head of household he would be associated to. These are done by state/county. This may give you a lead if you can find the soundex cards. I am sure there is probably more than one William Kennedy born in Texas about 1909 but not a great deal. You can find this information at most major libraries or a Federal Archives. I don't know where you live, there is one in Ft. Worth, TX. Do you know what county in AR he died in? Actually I would try to find a death certificate first which should have same details as that of Ruth's. What county in Arkansas did they return to? I found one William in the SS Death index for Oct 1978 in Faulkner County AR, born 11 Mar 1908. Sorry this is not much assistance. Paula