Hello, fellow researchers ! Just to report from my trip to Halifax  
courthouse ........
 
    According to folks at the courthouse there is,  unfortunately, VERY 
LITTLE in the way of records pertaining  to guardianships and adoptions for the 
time period around 1880.
    Using a major clue -- from the 1880 Census record  -- that "Malinda 
McCormic" (age "50") was living in the home of John W. Spencer,  as his cousin, 
at the same time that "William P. Spencer" (age "8"), of  whom John would 
be the guardian, I looked for any marriages between a "Malinda"  and a 
"McCormick" and found nothing.
    However, there was a marriage (Dec  1871) between a "William Russell, 
Jr." and a "Malinda Henderson." John  Spencer's mother was a Henderson.
 
    Hence, the mystery continues. But there's LIGHT at  the end of the 
tunnel !
 
Thanks to ALL of you folks for ALL of your kind help !
Have a grateful Thanksgiving,
    Carole D. Bryant

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