Patti, Durn. No connection yet. It looks like we need to know your *great* grandparents' names. But then, I have a very small CARRICO/WILLIS database. We should post all of our communications to CARRICO-L, as well as to each other, because there are many much more knowledgeable people on the list than I am (I've only been at this less than a year). You don't know what you're saying when you offer to help Sullivan County researchers on these families. <heh,heh> I would *love* to spend a week or two at the County Library and the County Records office there! I would say, gather all the primary data you can (marriages, deeds, wills, etc.) -- in addition to what you can find out from your mother -- and post it, both to CARRICO-L and WILLIS-L. The more you share, the more connections you'll make. "A rising tide lifts all boats," was never truer than in genealogy. Fallon is in Churchill Co., NV, about 30 mi E of Reno. Fallon is the County Seat and they have a nice museum there, which has been tremendously helpful to me: They even had a photograph of William WILLIS's homestead and there were great obits in the local newspaper. However, I don't see any genealogical significance to my WILLISes having ended up there, except to William's descendants. As soon as they fix the Churchill Co. GenConnect Obits page http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Nv/ChurchillObits I'll go ahead and post William WILLIS's obituary there (and his wife's). I have already posted them in the GenForum WILLIS forum: http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/willis/ I'm sure we're not far from making a connection here. It's really exciting to have you join the list. Diana Patti Stoney wrote: > > Diana, thank you so much for the speedy reply. I am 99% sure I am > connected to the Peter Carrico who immigrated from Maryland to Indiana. > At least everything I have seen online thus far confirms that. In > addtion, my late father's sister began researching our lineage a few > years ago, and according to my mother she did in fact make it back to > Peter Carrico. It is this information I am going to take possession of > once I get to Indiana. > > My paternal grandparents were Alonzo Carrico and Gertrude > Brodie-Carrico. My maternal grandparents were Scott Willis and Goldia > "Bess" Willis-Griffith. All of them were from Haddon Twp., Carlisle, > Indiana, which leads me to suspect you and I are somehow related. > > The information as to your great-grandfather being buried in Fallon, > Nevada now has me looking at a map to determine were Fallon is in > relation to Las Vegas. Having only lived in this State for such a short > period of time, I am still unfamiliar with the locations of many towns. > I have, however, heard of Fallon. Perhaps it is not far from here and > my husband and I could take a trip there some day if the need arises. > (Besides, it would give me a GREAT excuse to take a trip to some of the > "western towns" I've been so badly wanting to visit here in Nevada!) > > With respect to your great-great- > grandfather(?) John R. Willis and Sarah Trimble; and her parents Joseph > Trimble and Catherine Carrico, once again I would suspect we are somehow > related from both sides. As best as I can determine, I am related to > everyone with the last name of Willis and Carrico who have ever resided > in Sullivan County. (I do not know if you know much about Sullivan > County, but it is a very small community. ESPECIALLY Carlisle, Indiana > where I grew up, and lived from the day I was born until the approximate > age of 19. Carlisle's population is somewhere around 500.) > > When I get to my mother's home in Sullivan on 1/19 I will have access to > my lvstoneys@hotmail.com address. Therefore, I can perhaps help you out > with the Willis line from Sullivan County if you so desire. In the > meantime I will email her and ask her if she knows of your great > grandparents, etc. When I get a reply I will provide you with any > information which might assist you. (I will be able to do this before > leaving this evening). > > Thanks again for your reply. I look forward to sharing with you any and > all information I receive on not only the Willis family, but the Carrico > family as well if you wish. > > Sincerely, > Patti