I am so swamped right now that it's maddening but managed to sneak in a few days vacation with my dau Shelley - and was reunited with the first love of my life - Charlie - whom I hadn't seen since maybe 1963-4. Of course, Charlie is 68Charlie, an Aercoupe airplane that I soloed in in Springfield IL in 1960 when I was a mere 19 yrs old. It was really special. There is a gal named Carol Dorword of Washington IL who has been in correspondence with me for a couple of years. I have been filling in gaps for her on our Gorin family there (Sanford Pell Gorin, son of Henry & Sarah Pell) and she blessed me with tons of new data. She was working on a walking tour of a very old cemetery where Sanford and many of his family are buried. Briefly, here's what she sent me. Estate settlement of John G Gorin. It listed the land andlots he owned and value. It also listed his heirs - daughter Elizabeth H Gorin of Washington IL; Ellen M Gorin, same, Harry W Gorin, son, same; J G Gorin (Jr), son of Chicago IL, Edward Anthony, grandson of Streator IL and J H Anthony of Stanford/Hanford CA. It was dated 13 June 1913. His will was dated 5 Sept 1907 and left to his wife, Julia E Gorin and those mentioned above. She also included the estate of Sanford Pell Gorin filed 22 Feb 1858, settled 12 Mar 1858 in Tazewell Co. Sanford, bless his heart (and he is a favorite of mine) forgot that all good people leave wills! His son, John G (above) was the administrator along with his son-in-law, Marshall C Davidson. Stated he died 1 Jan 1858. His entire estate is listed, which is always fascinating, and included: stoves, furniture, cupboards, dining table, kitchen table, pails, small looking glass, apple paser?, sugar bowls, ... several pages worth. He had a washing machine, lots of pictures, a "lot of books", rocking chairs, carriages, clocks, 9 pigs, etc. On a page from the State of Illinois, Collector's Office, the clerk called him "Old Gorin of Washington." His estate was sizeable. She also sent lengthy biographies on Josiah PWood (married into the family, Sanford Pell and John G Gorin and a lengthy descendancy charts - some new kin folk of past times I hadn't found out. Eventually, I'll get all these typed up and entered on my genealogy program and loaded out on the web. Sandi Col. Sandi Gorin - Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ GORIN worldconnect website: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~sgorin