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