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Yes. Please send me the copies.

Sandy, in a comment you made July 18, 2009 on Nancy Bonham Wojcik's page (http://www.genealogywise.com/profile/NancyBonhamWojcik) you made mention of Polly Stephens, the wife of Samuel Shores (my 4th great grandparents).  As I was researching their grandson Aaron Shores I came across this information that might (or might not) have relevance for research on Polly Stephens.

I note that in the 1850 census for Aaron Shores of Rockton, Winnebago, Illinois (http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=16743949; transcribed incorrectly as Aaron Show in some records), the grandson of Samuel Shores and Polly Stephens, a man named Sylvester Stevens (age 30, a cabinet maker) was living with them.  One might wonder if this is a relative, such as a 2nd cousin of Aaron Shores.  Sylvester is said in that census, however, to have been born in England.  Sylvester Stevens (1820 - 1892) - Find A Grave Memorial (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14639246).  He ended up marrying Louisa Shores, the daughter of Aaron Shores and Jane Ann Horton Shores, even though he was 14 years her senior. Louisa Shores Stevens (1834 - 1920) - Find A Grave Memorial (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14639403).  However, I find no records as to whom his parents were.  Even though his surname is spelled differently from Polly's, I doubt that is significant.

I realize that this is not enough information to make any kinds of conclusions, but it might be a piece of data that will eventually fit into the solution of Polly's ancestry. 

Could you send these papers to me? My email is duellonlysis@aol.com.