This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Willingham/Fortson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IiB.2ACE/817.1.1 Message Board Post: Etta, thank you. I also live in Gregg Co.Tx. I had forgotten how generous genealogists can be. I do not think the records can be found, I just wondered if they could be "assumed" by the state or county if cemetery headstones or probate papers verified the deaths. I have given up on finding these official records now. But, I do thank you and others who have responded. My post was incomplete. Below are names: George Washington Willingham, b. 17 Jan. 1877, Ky. d. 8 Dec. 1940 Gregg Co.Tx.(one Gregg census lists "Cap") Ella Fortson Willingham, b. 8 Mar. 1884, Tx. d.11 Nov.1909 Gregg Co.Tx. Both buried West Mt. Cem. Upshur Co.Tx. (headstones) G.W. Willingham funeral through Welch's. I have seen the expense sheet from Welch's records. No additional information was provided. One good suggestion is to try Upshur Co. records. I will do that. Thanks.