Thanks, I am actually trying to help a friend's elderly mother who was adopted find her relatives. All she had is a name that is supposed to be her birth mother. It was not a formal adoption, as most Black adoptions were not during that the early 1920s. The story goes that her birth mother was travelling up around north mississippi, she saw a couple that had known her when she lived around Jackson, MS. - she had a mixed baby with her and eventually gave the baby girl to the couple. When my friend's mother was finally told that she was adopted, she was almost grown. At that time the couple who had raised her gave her the name of Loubella Childs. I searched records and came up with Loudella Childs who was a mulatto living in Adams County. Because of the manner in which Black people traditionally pronounce words, I figured that Loubella and Loudella could possibly be the same person. Thanks again for the tip, I will check around Bradley County Arkansas and see if I get any hits. My friend's mother is now getting up in age, and I wanted to help her find her people before something happens to her.