If Ronald and Loretta Sbertoli are still on this list, would you please email me? I can't get your email ady to go through. You sent me Griffith information and thought we may be connected and I have new data - would like to share. This is on Griffith in Chester County (Brandywine area) PA. Thank you, Carol in Kentucky ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag ---- On Sun, 07 Oct 2001, RONALD W. & LORETTA M. SBERTOLI (lms103e4@soltec.net) wrote: > Carol, > > All in all there must be a connection. Our records start with South > Wales > Wales > Montgomery Co. Pa. > Phil. Co. Pa. > Bucks Co. Pa > > Chester Co. Pa. > Clark & Shelby Co. Il.> Vermilion Co. Il. with stops > in-between in Oh., Ky., Tenn., In., and further into Ia. > > We do not have all the information on our site but have been adding as > we go. You might want to look at it to see if any of the dates we have > are ones corresponding with any of yours. > http://shiva.soltec.net/~lms103e4/ > > As far as the Ky. & Tenn. connections they are part of the McNeese > site. [ http://www.mcneese.com/ ] There were several Griffiths, Whites > and McNeese that married. The McNeese/McNee/McNese are also connected > into Vermilion Co. Illinois as we have several McNeese/McNee/McNese > buried [ Stunkard Cemetery near Sidell, Illinois ] here and several of > them still living in and around this area. They are a part of our family > and could be a connection to yours. > > As for an Abel, we have several. The one that might be close is Abel > Griffith 11 JUL 1797 in Chester Co. Pa. Died 25 JAN 1869 in Iowa. > Married a Lydia Brestler and had 4 Children: Jacob [ 1820 in Chester Co. > Pa. ], Abel Powell [ 05 MAY 1836 ], Sarah Jane [ 1838, in Ohio ], and > William James [ 1844 in Ohio and died in Iowa ]. > > We have received these date from Margaret [ Griffith ] Rucker and are > still trying to get all of her information in order so that we can get > it into the site. > > We do know that parts of the family were in several counties in Ky. & > Tenn. and from there split up even more then they had before. We've not > been able to keep up with all those who split as we only have Margaret's > records and Rev. Frank Gilroy's [ Frank married Grace Griffith in 1910 > just before he became a Baptist minister ] book work with. Rev. Frank & > Grace are Lore's grandparents on her mothers side. > > The ministry is prevalent on both sides of her family. Both the > Griffiths and Gilroys have several Baptist ministers in the ancestors. > Now we only have one in Iowa. > > We are located in Vermilion County Illinois. This is not far from Clark > and Shelby counties. There are several of the Griffiths buried in this > county and we are still trying to locate those in the other 2 counties. > > Carol, don't know if any of this is going to help, but I'm certain that > it can't hurt. I've got the feeling that some where there is a > connection to our families. Where I'm not sure, but Chester Co. Pa., I > think is a good starting point. My [ Ronald ] family has been split > several times and since we setup our site we have come across a cousin > and now know that our connection is back in Genoa Italy. So with this we > will close and let you get to look at your records and see if any thing > come together. > > Lore & Ron Sbertoli > > > > > begin:vcard > n:SBERTOLI;RONALD W. & LORETTA M. > x-mozilla-html:FALSE > adr:;;;;;; > version:2.1 > email;internet:lms103e4@soltec.net > x-mozilla-cpt:;25296 > fn:Lore & Ron Sbertoli > end:vcard > > >