Karen, Thank you for sharing your gedcom. I did not find my family, but is sure helps my direction to know which family a Ward I might come across belongs to. Brandy WARD, ELLIOTT, BURTON, DARNALL(aka Kilgore), PIGG, BROOKS, HALL, WEBB, CRADDOCK, CHEEK all mostly in the southern states. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, May 22, 2000 9:18 AM Subject: WARD - Celia M., Charles M., Isaac H., & Mary J. in Madera, CA >Hello everyone, >I was in Madera, Madera Co., CA (farm country), last week researching another >surname and I saw a beautiful WARD headstone with the following names on it. >I also research WARD but was not doing so at that time. >I wrote the names down to share with all of you in case you are looking for >them. >I did take a photo just in case any of these are yours... hummm, they may be >mine also and I just don't know it yet. > >WARD >Celia M. 1819-1898 >Charles M. 1858-1909 >Isaac H. 1884-1926 >Mary J. 1867-1940 >also by this was Mother, Father and another stone I could not read. > >This family may have been associated with the surnames of DODSON, BROWN, >CUNNINGHAM in CA because there were either in or near a block of the >cemetery the BROWN or CUNNINGHAM family bought way-back-then. > >I hope this helps someone. >Karen in CA > >Relatively yours, >Karen in CA >I am a Pottawatomie Co., OK Genie Angel >http://www.geocities.com/heartland/flats/6878/ >Proud RootsWeb.com donor > >"Dedicated to user supported access to genealogical records on the internet" > >My gedcom: >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=Kilee > >Maternal; B.U.R.T.O.N - C.O.L.E.Y - D.U.N.L.A.P - E.L.L.I.O.T.T - E.M.M.S >- F.E.A.R.O.N - F.L.A.C.K - H.E.N.D.E.R.S.O.N - H.E.S.T.E.R - H.I.C.K.E.Y - >H.O.L.L.O.W.E.L.L - H.U.G.H.E.S - L.O.V.E - (Vernon & Vernona) >M.O.R.R.E.L.L or M.E.R.R.I.L.L. - N.E.W.B.Y - P.A.C.E - P.E.A.R.S.O.N - >P.O.R.T.E.R - S.M.I.T.H - T.A.Y.L.O.R - V.I.N.E.Y.A.R.D - W.A.R.D > > >Paternal; A.R.M.S.T.R.O.N.G - B.A.C.H.E.L.D.E.R - B.A.L.L.E.N.T.I.N.E - >B.O.N.D - C.H.I.C.K.E.R.I.N.G - C.L.A.R.K - C.O.N.E.Y - C.R.E.S.S.Y & >C.R.E.S.S.E.Y - D.O.D.G.E - E.L.L.I.S - F.L.A.C.K - G.A.I.N.E.S - >G.R.E.E.N.L.A.N.D - H.E.N.L.Y - H.E.R.R.I.C.K & H.E.Y.R.I.C.K.E & >E.Y.R.I.C.E.K & E.Y.R.Y.C.K. - H.I.L.D.E.R.S.O.N & H.I.L.D.E.R.S.D.O.W.N - >H.O.A.R.E - H.O.L.M.E.S - H.O.U.L.T - J.A.S.P.E.R - K.I.R.K.H.A.M - >L.A.S.K.I.N - L.E.W.I.S - M.A.Y - M.O.RS.E - N.A.P.P.E.R - N.E.L.S.O.N - >P.E.R.K.I.N.S - R.O.G.E.R.S - S.H.E.P.A.R.D - S.P.R.O.U.S.E..N - >T.R.E.D.W.E.L.L - W.H.I.T.E - W.O.O.D.B.U.R.Y > >Adopted; B.R.O.W.N (Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA, D.O.D.S.O.N (Northern CA), >M.E.Y.E.R (Brooklyn, New York) > >______________________________