Eugene - I have tried three email addresses - the one below from your website, one I found for you on People Search at your address in Plano, TX , and one on genforum and none have worked - I am making one last attempt to reach you here on the Gross-L mailing list in hope that you subscribe to this and will find it, so I can find you! Eugene, I ran across your website page on Family Treemaker and have been meaning to write to you. I am a descendant of Simon Gross b. 1711 who was the grandfather of your Simon who married Dorcus Becknell. I have quite a bit of information on the family including the portion of the family that went to Breathitt Co., KY - descendants for the most part of Theobald and Barbara Eddleman Groce, Simon Sr.'s son and also my ancestor as well. My line goes through Theobald's daughter Anna Margaretha "Peggy" Groce who married John Shore and remained in Surry/Yadkin Co. NC where Simon Sr., Theobald and his siblings lived for some time before parts of the family went to KY & TN. I also wanted to let you know about the 250th anniversary celebration this summer (August 17 & 18) of the Lutheran Church in Lancaster Co., PA that Simon Sr. was one of the 5 founding father's of. After Simon and his brother (also named Theobald) came to America in 1741 aboard the ship "Europa" which landed in Philadelphia Simon lived in Lancaster Co. (Rapho Twp.) where he owned land and raised a family for some 25 years before heading south to NC. While there he founded the White Oak Lutheran (now called St. Paul's Lutheran) church in what is now Penryn, PA. I have information on this celebration (which is turning into sort of a Gross family reunion of Simon's descendants since several of us are going up there for it) which I can also send you. I would love to share information with you and hope to hear from you soon. Susan Gall Winston-Salem, NC