This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Akers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2BC.2ACI/827 Message Board Post: Can you please find a birth record for Arthur Greenwood Akers born December 9, 1879 in Pulaski Virginia. On his death certificate Joseph and Doshea Akers are listed as parents. However I found in an 1880 census his mother "Docia" is living with Willliam Dove household as a servant, single with baby Arthur at six months old. I'm curious because William's wife Lucinda Akers Dove is Docia's sister. Arthur was surnamed after his mother's maiden name. Am trying to research a father. Is she a single parent, married a cousin??? Thank you!