This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zIJ.2ACEB/267.272.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Joyce. I read your reply to Alvin on the Ancestry.com website. Alvin said that the book only goes back to Phettiplace Clouse. He came to America in 1608 on the ship called "Starr." He was German. He is one of my great grandfathers from way back. I haven't come across any other information that would show any other members of our family coming from Germany, but who knows! Maybe the families are joined in Germany before Phettiplace came to America. Here is a website that shows some of the people that would be in that book: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Forest/4572/Clouse.html Well, good luck on your quest and contact me if you ever need any help! Chris Steward Sabby129@AOL.COM