Pleased to meet you, Patti. Welcome to the delightfully obsessive world of genealogy! I do not have a direct link for you, but we are certainly in the ballpark here. My great-grandfather was William Murphy WILLIS, born 6 May 1853 in Carlisle, Sullivan Co., IN. William's parents were John R. WILLIS (b: 1824, IN; d: ?) and Sarah TRIMBLE (b: 23 Nov 1824, Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN; d: ?). Sarah's parents were Joseph TRIMBLE (b. 3 Feb 1796, Lexington, Fayette Co., KY; d. 12 Jan 1873, Sullivan Co., IN) and Catherine CARRICO (b. 15 Jan 1801, IN; d. 3 Jan 1871, Haddon Twp., Sullivan Co., IN). I'm having a great deal of difficulty with the WILLIS line, but once you have connected to Catherine CARRICO, your ancestry is known back to the Maryland immigrant, Peter CARRICO. I suspect you are only one generation away from making a connection to these families. Who were your grandparents? Diana P.S. By the way, William Murphy WILLIS died 3 Feb 1912 in Fallon, Churchill Co., NV. He and his family immigrated there from Missouri in 1905. His wife, Ida BROWN (b: 30 Aug 1856, Lansing, Ingham Co., MI; m. 17 May 1877, Chillicothe, Livingston Co., MO) died in Fallon on 24 Nov 1943. Patti Stoney wrote: > > Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Patti Jane > Carrico-Stoney; I lived the first 37 years of my life in Indiana, and am > now residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, having moved here 3 years ago. > > My father was Lester Leon Carrico, (4/27/1916 - 1/12/96), my mother > Elizabeth Ann Willis-Carrico currently resides in Sullivan County, > Indiana. > > I am a beginner with respect to geneaology, having only discovered the > topic approximately one week ago. However, I have been extremely > successful in making contacts with various individuals researching the > Carrico lineage. However, I have been unable to find any mention of my > immediate family, as well as my father's siblings' children anywhere > online. Therefore, I am in the process of collecting this data and > would greatly appreciate any guidance one may care to provide in > assisting me in how to add this information to Rootsweb. > > Tomorrow evening (Jan. 12) my husband, Richard Stoney, and I are flying > back home to Indiana to visit my mother and family. At that time she is > going to provide me with much information regarding the Carrico family > from which I come. I will only have access to mail between January 12 > and January 25 at my LVStoneys@hotmail.com address. Therefore, I would > appreciate any and all replies to this message be directed to that > address during this time period. After January 25 I would ask that you > please use my main mailing address of LVStoneys@webtv.net. > > Thank you in advance for any help and assistance you might be able to > provide. I very much look forward to corresponding with you. > > Sincerely, > Patti Jane Carrico-Stoney > Las Vegas, Nevada > (formerly from Sullivan County, Indiana)