I note a lot of new folks have joined this mailing list. I want to welcome you all [I now live in the south] and encourage each of you to list the Downing families you are researching. I am researching the John Downing - Hannah Frakes [maybe PA] lines and also the Timothy Downing [MD] line. I think I am looking for the UFO that deposited them here. <g> Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com Logan County, ILGenWeb, coordinator> http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L@rootsweb.com