Guessing everyone's busy with summer, since the mail has been light for the past few weeks. :-) Finally hot here in IL, much to my chagrin. I enjoy the 60-70 degree weather we had in June... I started a new line of research last week, trying to jump-start my interest in all things gen. Researching my husband's Williams line. Someone gave me a birth date for the ggfather--I took bad notes "back then" when I first started out, so have no idea where it came from--and I decided to contact the county that I had written down (Hancock Co., OH)...lo and behold, there is a birth record on file for ggfather Augustus Frank Williams, born in 1878! Very pleased, and wrote an official request (with check, of course) to get a copy. While I have his parents' names, I don't have any further info on them. I picked thru the entire Hancock Co. 1880 census looking for them, but no luck. They ended up in MI eventually, but I don't know when they left OH. Don't know whether to pick thru census reports for surrounding counties, or hang it up until I figure out something else. (The birth record doesn't give much info on the parents, other than names.) Anyway, I hope the rest of you aren't suffering too much with bad weather, and that those who've written about their personal challenges (health and otherwise) are doing better. I've missed the chat, even tho I generally lurk! Sue G IBSSG