Dear fellow listers, In seeing the exchange about "Maggie Whites" in the midwest, I thought I'd encourage you to get the microfilm of the local newspapers of the era. They are rich with information and have cleared up many a mystery for me. Unlike our present newspapers, the ones from the mid-1800s, early 1900s contain lovely personal information, such as who got married at whose home (and who attended), even sometimes who gave what wedding gifts. They recount who bought whose home, who rode the train "home" to visit relatives (with names and places back East), who has gone away to which school, who built a fence around his/her property, whose barn burnt, who got divorced (frequently jury trials, covered by the local news media), who of course died (even if they no longer lived in that place), whose sister came to visit, etc., etc. Your local librarian can help you look up the name of the newspaper, even if you can't find it when you search "[town name, state]" +newspaper in your favorite search engine, and then order the film. I can't tell you how much is lost when people who have "brick walls" simply rely on databases and census records for their info. The newspapers are a treasure trove! I found one marriage and the death later of the bride and infant son, about whom I had never heard (made marriage three for that ancestor.) Happy hunting, Laura in damp NC On Apr 11, 2007, at 3:06 AM, white-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:42:06 -0400 > From: Marguerite Crist Calvin <margaret@jced.org> > Subject: Re: [WHITE] Maggie Ann WHITE > To: white@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <p06230901c24135dcf64f@[205.208.173.154]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > Really sorry our Maggie's don't appear to be related. I hope to get > up to the library at McArthur (a great gal has spent her life making > notebooks of obits, articles and families!!! We are blessed), and try > to trace this Wyman family. If I find anything I'll put it on the > list. If there were 6 girls you'd think I would have seen them > before. I have a friend who is from a White line in Jackson co, OH. > Her grandmother or great I forget, went to KY, then returned to > Jackson. That's all Faith really knew, so there is another > possibility. Keep the faith!! Margaret Calvin