Melissa, I have had some luck by searching deeds where property was sold some years after a death. Sometimes, women were taken aside and asked privately if they agree to the sale. This is so that they were not influenced by their husbands. But, I will give you some examples. A few years after a g-g-grandfather died, the executor son sold some land. The deed had to list all the children--and their spouses. That helped me prove the married names of a number of the girls. In another case, when a county courthouse searched deeds for me, they came up with a new name altogether, some years after I had thought the family had left the pioneer town. This person turned out to be a second wife about whom I hadn't known. She outlived the man and apparently inherited the former homestead. The homestead was in Nebraska, and the deed said she was a resident of Georgia...I'd have never even dreamed of a Ga. connection without this deed, filed 10+ years after my kinsman's death. Happy hunting, everyone, Laura in a balmy NC On Mar 6, 2007, at 1:02 AM, white-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Delaware, Kent County, 1850 Census . . . Charles White, age 72, > born Maryland with wife Maria, age 46, born Delaware. Their > children: John, Margaret and James T. All of the children were > born in Delaware. > > Charles and Maria were married in Kent County in 1838. I believe > Charles died in 1859. He's buried at Bryn Zion Cemetery, but Maria > does not appear to be buried there with him. > > Did Maria re-marry? When did she die? Where is she buried? > > *Any* information would be greatly appreciated. Charles and Maria > are my brick wall. > > Thanks so much! > Melissa F. (Morgan) Kline