I am researching my family in Dekalb county, Alabama. I am having a lot of trouble with my gg grandfather and his father. My great grandfather is Thomas Green Busby, he was born in Dekalb county Alabama on Sept. 2, 1890. He was shot and killed on his front porch in Lebanon, Alabama on July 18, 1942. I have his death certificate and it says that his parents names are James Busby and Mary Keith. I have the 1930 census showing that his mother Mary was living with him and Margaret at that time. I also know that she was still living with them when he died. On the 1910 census Thomas is living with his mother Mary Busby and his siblings Martha E, Zadie M, and Charles M, Mary is down as being married at this time but no husband is living with her. On the 1900 census Thomas G Busby is living with the family of Elisha Lockey(spelling of last name?), it says he is their adopted son. I am not sure if Tom was the oldest child of James and Mary Busby because I saw on another person family tree that their was a son born in 1889 named John, but I don't know if accurate. I believe that the James M Busby and Mary Keel Ford who married on May 22, 1887, are the correct parents because I know that Thomas had a half brother named Charles Ford who also lived in Lebanon, Alabama. I also believe that mary's name was Keef instead of Keith, the person just misunderstood my great grandmother when she gave them the name and that is how Keith was put on his death certificate. I just have no idea what happened to James after his last child was born abt 1898, or why Thomas was adopted in 1900 then with his mother again in 1910. If anyone can help me with this mistery I would really appreciate it.