Liz, you wrote:

"Just searching through cains and made me wonder about my john henry cain,can any one think of a reason why i cant seem to find him,or his father robert cain/e, ive searched and they are just not commimg up, john cain/e married 1917 and it does state his father was robert [ deceased ] a carter, yet i cannot find a carter of that name [ well i can find one but not him ]"

Can you give some details of the Robert Cain , carter, born sometime between, say, 1800 and 1845, (your great great grandfather) who you think isn't the right one ? It would help if you'd give the census references for all the censuses you found him in, and also the reason you think he's not the right one.

Jean C