I have the same problem. I have a picture of gr grandparents and no one knows a first name. It is not on the picture either. I know there was an Edmund and a John and Mary and Jerdon Hill, all from Kansas, and I know that there is a Gene Wise in Kansas now that looks enough like my son to be mistaken for him. I know they were miners and followed the mines. At one time were in Cowley Co. Kansas. If any of you have ancestors that came from North Carolina, I have a book called German speaking people west of the Catawba. Lots of Wises in it. Be glad to look for anyone that needs it. Some of those Wises moved on down to Missouri. Bertha Wise >Sometime ago in the infancy of my genealogical work, I found a wedding >announcement in the 21 Dec 1896 edition of the Coffeyville Journal >(Coffeyville, Montgomery Co., KS) that mentioned Myrtle WISE. I jotted the >reference down and I remember that it struck me because my Wises are from >that area and I had no record of her. That was the ONLY reference I could >find. If you'd like to read the article, I found it on page 1, col D and >page 4, col D. > >I'm not sure its connected, but later, on 30 Dec 1896 (page 1), an article >appeared regarding the marriage of the daughter of George WISE. Floyd and >"Grandfather" WISE [WHY DO THEY DO THAT!] were in attendance. Martin WISE >gave a gift. I don't have any record of any of these folk either, except >for maybe Grandfather :-). > >If anyone knows anything about Myrtle, George, Floyd, Martin, or the >ubiquitous "Grandfather", please drop me a line. > >Thanks all, > >Frank Wise [mailto:macmhuirich@email.msn.com] > >Researching WISE, BLEVENS, BITNER, LASLEY, SANDS, NOBLETT, GRAY > > > > >