Hi Sue, Two brothers, Oliver Weldon Barnes and William Henry Barnes, were my g-g uncle and g-g grandfather and lived in western Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. They were both involved in building what became the Pennsylvania Railroad. Their parents were Henry Barnes and Marilla Weldon, who came from Connecticut and earlier from Massachusetts. Click on this URL for more very interesting information: http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/j/cjr9/Subtitle/Latrobe%20History/Beginning.htm If these are the people you are looking for, please let me know how you are related to them. I have a lot of information on William Henry, but not so much on Oliver and would like to know more. Thanks. Tony Barnes Phone: 860.434.0627 Mobile: 917.721.3230 Email: jhbarnes@cs.com