Greetings Hallman Family, I am new to the Hallman group, but not new to genealogy. I have been at this since 1989 and have made a lot of progress on a lot of lines. I got slowed down a little going backwards so I added a generation the other way last year, and now have a beautiful little red haired girl named Maggie (McGinnis is her real name.) (My grandmother Hallman married a McGinnis.) I grew up in Bucks County, PA (right next to Montgomery Co.) and left before I knew of the rich Hallman heritage there. I went to Northwestern University and Virginia Tech and took a job at IBM here in upstate, NY. Lockheed Martin bought our division a few years ago, so that's where I work now (part time as a new mom.) My interests are everything about the Appalachian Mountains. I love to snowboard, ski, mountain bike and hike on them and cave under them. I also like quilting and Appalachian folk music and the folks of the Appalachians. Mountains make my spirits soar! I have noted my lineage here. I would love to hook up with those researching the North Carolina Hallmans. I have "published" one book on my Hallman line. It is available at the Mormon library in Utah (and via microfilm there), and I hope to send copies to a few appropriate county libraries. It is titled "The Story of Ozell Arthur Hallman McGinnis" and has family stories as well as genealogy and all the photos I had of ancestors, church sites, etc. It was self published in 1998. About 450 pages. My grandmother is: Ozell Arthur Hallman (1915-1997) Gaston Co., (married to Russell McGinnis, living), NC daughter of: Daniel Arthur Hallman (1882-1945) and Donnie Goins, Gaston Co, NC, son of Daniel Anthony Hallman (1845-1911) and Easter Stroup Gaston Co., NC, son of Ambrose Hinkle Hallman and Margaret Henry (he 1819-1905) Catawba Co., NC, son of Daniel Hallman and Sally Cline (he about 1796-1818, Lincoln Co., NC), son of *Anthony Hallman and Elizabeth. Gingery (he about 1775-1883), Rowan Co., NC, son of Henry Hallman and Elizabeth (he 1745-) Montgomery Co., PA, son of Heinrich Hallman and Anna Maria (he 1716-1803), Philadelphia, PA, son of Anthony Heilman and Mary Salome (he 1671-1759), Philadelphia, PA *The "loose link" here is that Henry Hallman (1745) had two sons: Henry and Anthony. Both of these men had sons named Daniel about the same time and place, so it is not clear whether my Daniel is son of Anthony or Henry. My Daniel Hallman (about 1796) is definitely the grandson of Henry Hallman (1745), just can't yet definitively prove his father. Best estimate is it is Anthony (1775). I have noted that there were Hallmans in York Co., PA in the late 1700's and need to see if there is a connection there. I look forward to searching with all of you. Cassandra Vaughn