Did not find the article there, please specify the whole URL. I suppose "Kirk" might be the village Kork in Baden. Although I am not from Kork, but from Oberkirch, I've seen the name HAAS in in Kork. Willi > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda Haas Davenport [mailto:lhaasdav@mindspring.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 12:38 PM > To: HAAS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [HAAS-L] From Rootsweb Review > > > SUCCESSFUL LINKS: THE CASE OF THE OBVIOUS OVERSIGHT > > by John T. Halbert <halbert@mail3.bunt.com> > > For more than 30 years, on and off, I had attempted to find the > community in Baden from which William G. HAAS had emigrated in > the 1850s to Scott County, Illinois, followed by his migration > to Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota in the late 1860s. The > trail appeared to be simple. Someone in the family had written > "Kirk" on one of his documents, but for 30 years I was not able > to find anywhere in Baden where Kirk could fit. <snipped> > > You can read the full article in Vol 5 No 3 of Rootsweb Review at: > http://www.rootsweb.com > > Linda > > lhaasdav@mindspring.com > Home.page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas > Marion.Co.AR http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion > List hostess for -h.a.a.s/l.e.w.a.l.l.e.n/w.a.s.h.i.n.g.t.o.n n.c > > > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >