You are acting like you believe Cochrane researched the John Downing line. <g> She doesn't know where he came from -- thinks he is a RW veteran and we know that guy is buried in Mason County, KY. Interestingly, the library here does have something on Downingtown but I haven't found it, just saw it in the card file. Are you familiar with a Ray Downing who has a Downing mailing list? It didn't show up in any of my searches but someone sent me an address if interested. 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