I've finished the John Gorin section of the new book until I receive more; am almost done with the Henry Gorin section. But, I do have two problems!! Since I've "hit" John Gorin before, I only have about 50 pages of new data and pictures on him. I need more. If any of you have any pictures etc. on this line, please let me know!!!! I'm begging! The second problem (a good one!) is that both the Henry Gorin and Gladin Gorin sections are huge - each will likely run about 150-175 pages or more. So, I'm going to have to break of the happy Gorin brothers into separate books. Figuring now! I hope to have the bulk of these books done at the end of next week or beginning of the following week. If you have anything you'd like included, please email me and we'll take it from there. I did something interesting yesterday and was waiting for the caretaker at the Glasgow Municipal Cemetery to come over and see what we were doing! There are two Gorin plots at this cemetery, and with the exception of a few, most of these Gorin's were buried previously at either the 1st Presbyterian Church Cemetery (no longer in existence - original cemetery in Glasgow) or the Gorin Cemetery on Washington Street (ditto). Glasgow Muni was originally owned by the Independent Order of Oddfellows and later sold to the city; it's quite beautiful. When the remains (or most often only the stones) were moved from the two older cemeteries; the Gorin family got split up a little. Way in the back of the cemetery, all by herself, is Peggy Gorin, the 18 year old daughter of John and Elizabeth Franklin Gorin. Several of the children of Thomas Jefferson Gorin are buried side by side; their stones are old and fragile, dating ca 1853-4. In the back section are very old stone with John Gorin and some of Franklin's children who didn't live to maturity. Miss Annie Gorin, the youngest daughter of Franklin and his third wife (Deborah Putnam Campbell) had new stones erected for herself, her half-sister Alice Gorin Taylor, her bros/half-brothers - Underwood Gorin and Franklin Jr - and for her father. Her grandfather's stone, John Gorin, is still there but totally unreadable now (he also has a military marker). Her grandmother, Elizabeth Franklin Gorin's stone was stolen (!) either from the Gorin Cemetery or the one at the church. In the old section are the first two wives of Franklin - Louisa Frances Underwood and Frances Cuthbert Garllod Gorin (born London, England). His last wife is buried in the new section. There is also the wife and one child from the Gladin Gorin line who everyone thought was part of the John Gorin family. It is the 2 previous wives of Franklin that are the "problem". Frances' grave is one of those big box vaults, totally unreadable now (but I have the data when I copied it in 1972). And no one knew of Louisa Underwood Gorin's grave. I found it in 1972, and have tried to protect it through the years. But, it is totally covered by grass and dirt now, lying flat. In most cemetery transcriptions the stone is said to be yet another Franklin Gorin,wrong! I met a distant Gorin relative at the cemetery at noon yesterday and we dug - had shovel, weed cutters, flour, etc. He didn't know the stone was there and couldn't find it even when I drew him a map, so decided to show him. We dug away the grass and dirt and found a large stone, broken in many pieces and shattered from years of mowing over it. The flour revealed now only "Loui ", the rest is gone. We left the intact chunk where it was and laid the huge broken piece at its base; hoping that the caretaker's crew won't dump it. She needs a new stone ... but don't know how much it would cost and budget is limited! I imagine we looked curious on our hands and knees digging around a grave! Thanks, Sandi Col. Sandi Gorin - GORIN worldconnect website: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~sgorin