Keith has given us a wonderful, generous, offer of help on the Whittington line. How I wish I knew about my line to take advantage of his offer. I have printed it and hope in the future to get information that leads me back to England. I am trying to find the father's given name and the mother's maiden name of my Minerva Whittington, born in Miss. (according to the 1870 census of Carroll Parish, LA). She was born about 1855 and I have never been able to find her with her parents on the 1860 census. By the 1870 census she was married to Benjamin Harrison Childs and living in Floyd, Carroll (before Carroll was divided) Parish, Louisiana. Her mother Laura J. Nevels and Benj. Harrison's nephew, John Dye were also living in the home. (I found the marriage record of Laura J. Whittington and Mordica Nevels in 1865 in Caldwell Parish, La. I have not been able to find Laura & Mordica Nevels again.) Minerva & Benj. Harrison Childs had two children and Minerva died in January 1872 probably in Carroll Parish, La. Any help would be most appreciated, I have been at this brick wall for years. Maurine