Thanks to all who guided my search for my gg-grandfather's 2nd wife. Family lore referred to her as Mrs. Carter and I assumed (yes, yes, I know) that she remarried after their brief marriage. However, the information that she was Washington & Agnes Ellis' daughter Zerelda Jane who married Lloyd Carter in 1859 fits the little I knew. Back to slaving over a hot microfilm reader. Monica Odani --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business.