Teresa L Fender <RAVEN34@prodigy.net> wrote: > ...My mother has the bell now and has always been curious about it's origin. > Let me know if anyone in your geneology group would like a photo of the > bell. Dear Teresa, ROOTSWEB, the sponsor of our discussion list, is providing free space to store copies of wills, biographies, deeds, etc. and free web space. So this gives us Fulton researchers a centralized area for publicly storing material, including photos, of all branches of the Fulton family that we discuss on the list. Thank you for offering to provide a photo of the bell. Please let me know what I should send you for reimbursement. My mailing address is: Roberta Hirth P.O. Box 384 Harriman, New York 10926 Although this is not my line of Fultons, I have taken a great interest in studying other branches. The Hugh Ramsey Fulton who wrote the book about his branch that includes Andrew FULTON, the founder of the bell foundry, had felt that his Fultons were collateraly related to the Robert Fulton of steamboat fame, but he had never been able to prove it. His immigrant ancestor John Fulton settled in Oxford, Nottingham Township (current East Nottingham Township), Chester Co., PA., which is located only about ten miles east of the location of the birthplace of Robert Fulton of steamboat fame in a locale now called the Fulton House. The Fulton House is situated about 6 miles south of Quarryville, PA in Fulton Township (former Little Britain Township), Lancaster Co, PA. You can use the U.S. Geographic Names Information System at http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html and specify Fulton House as the feature and Pennsylvania as the state. Hit the Send Query button. Click on "Show feature details and location" on the next screen and then click "Show feature location" on the next screen. The information given shows the exact latitude and longitude along with a map of the surrounding area. By the way, the gal who was doing historical research in Sept 1998 on the building that contained the foundry is Barbara Schmitt <sch@nauticom.net> I will :cc her on this note to make her aware of your interest and :cc the discussion group to make them aware of your kind offer regarding the photo. Thanks, Roberta Fulton web page at: http://www.frontiernet.net/~elisa96/hirth/fulton.htm