Hi all, I am currently working on annotating the 1860 Bath co census with maiden names of married and widowed women. You might be interested (and somewhat discouraged, as I was) to note that, out of 461 families (granted, some of these were single men), I found only 126 marriages listed in "Bath County Marriages and Minister's Returns" by Metheny & Wise. In other words, only about 27% of the households had recorded marriages. (Some of this is accounted for by the fact that this book stops in 1853, so marriages between 1853 and 1860 were not included in my lookup pool.) Then I moved on to other sources - Will Books 1 through 6, the Bicentennial History, Early Western Augusta Pioneers, Pocahontas County Marriages, Vital Records of Highland County. With this additional information, I was able to document marriages for approximately 50% of the households. I still have to check Augusta Co Marriages and Rockbridge Co Marriages for a few households that I suspect married in those counties. Some percentage of these Bath couples probably married in surrounding counties: Alleghany, Augusta, Shenandoah, Pendleton, Highland, Greenbrier, Rockbridge. I'm not even trying to annotate marriages that happened in other countries (England, Germany, Ireland) before the immigrants came to Bath Co. I'd like to solicit your help with some of the marriages I'm stuck on. Some of you probably have family bibles, later marriage records, or other sources for some of these marriages, and I'm hoping you'll share! Even if you just recognize a family name and can tell me which counties I should look in for a marriage, that would be helpful! Does anybody know the maiden names (with a source, please) of any of the following people found in the 1860 Bath census? The dates following the names are my guesses at their approximate marriage years, based on the age of the eldest child in the 1850 or 1860 census; each couple most likely married in or before the listed year. I will meter out these names in small batches so as not to overwhelm everybody. George Brill & Margaret - 1852 John Knighton & Harriet - 1859/60 Joseph & Margaret Morris - 1852 Dr. Andrew Wilson & Mary J. - 1853 (I suspect she's Adam Porter's dau.) Wesley Mines & Betsy - 1859 Joel Armintrout & Elizabeth - 1850 to 1860 William Randolph & Betsy - 1856 George H. Thomas & Elizabeth - 1859 David Liptrap & Mary - 1860 Zerobabel Ailstock & Martha - 1855 Roger Mason & Hannah - 1848 James Ray/Rhea & Matilda - 1852 A.A. (Absalom?) Ailstock & Mary J. - 1859 James Wood(s) & Mary J. - 1851; not in Augusta Co Marriages John Anthony & Clara/Filia/Tilia - before 1840 or a 2nd marriage between 1850 and 1860 (Clara is listed in the 1850 census; Filia/Tilia is in the 1860); not in Augusta Co Marriages Marriages mentioned in the Bicentennial or another source, but need confirming marriage record: John McClung & Ellen McDonald/McDannald <1860 Addison McClung & Martha Lang - 1854 William Sitlington & Jane Ann Walker - 1860 Samuel McClung & Matilda Rodecap - 1838, maybe Rockbridge co Otho Williams Jr. & Margaret Beatty - 1852, maybe Rockbridge co John Rolston/Ralston & Jane (Smith?) - between 1850 & 1860 Please help me if you can. I want this book to have as many maiden names as possible, for every reader's sake. I'd be happy to return the favor with lookups in the 1850 or 1860 census, and for significant contributions (let's say 5 or more names), a free copy of the book when it's published. Thanks a million, Holly Cochran Please visit my 3 websites: Hollyhock Press: http://id.mind.net/~cochran/hollyhock/ My Wanless Family Genealogy: http://id.mind.net/~cochran/ralphdsc/ Wan(d)less One-Name Study: http://id.mind.net/~cochran/wanlessweb/