Hi Jane, What wonderful news! Thank you for sharing with us... See there is more to doing genealogy then just digging up old bones... A scholarship is a wonderful reward! and John's sharing made it possible! Nelda Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gillock/ http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ Dear John, Nelda, and Listers, I am delighted to share this wonderful email I received from a cousin. (Snipped for space) And all this came about because of our wonderful friend/researcher, John Helmut Merz's sharing! Thank you, John! Here's the letter. Warmest regards to all, Jane in Naples FL wmcurci@aol.com Subj: Clapper Genealogy The Ebbitt Family is having their annual reunion in Braddock, PA, this year. If you remember, my G-grandfather, Richard Clair, married Martha Clapper and Martha's 2 daughters, Virginia and Mae, married Ebbitt brothers. Some of the children of Virginia were interested in the Clapper genealogy. I have printed the emails you sent me about the Clappers/Haupt and will send to the one son who contacts me every year and the one I have sent pictures previously. His mother was Virginia and his sister, Nunny. I'm not sure if he has email, but will send your address in case he wants to contact you about the Clappers. I thought at the reunion the family would be interested in the story of "Broad Top's Hessian Soldier." If they are smart, they would tell their children of their history so they could use it for special projects in school. My daughter did and won a full scholarship to Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania on her essay. Sue