Kathy, it is all coming together so well We will look into the Minos Illinois - this is seriously another possibility - accents etc had a bearing in Australian early days, I guess in US too. Some of the interpretations are so funny. The discrepancies come in as to birth place as to informants on death certificate - sons and others never seemed to know anything in those times! I will let you all know where when and whatever, when we read all the information and compare to documents here. Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "K" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:35 AM Subject: [VIRGINIA] Minois > Denise, > > I just searched for anywhere named Minois in the US. Didn't find Minois > but did find a Minos, Illinois. Since his death certificate is from > Illinois I'm going to guess Minois might have been the spelling one time > OR it was misspelled. Also, there's a Mason County in Illinois but it's > over 200 miles away from Minos. > > Good luck! > > Kathy > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx