Greetings, It's been a long time so thought I'd try again... Looking for connections to: William HOWELL b. 1834 Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan(shire) Wales. Immigrated before 1872 as shows up in Mattoon, Coles Co., IL with the birth of his son (also William) Married: Ellen J. WALLIS b. Ohio. To my knowledge this is my first generation HOWELL in the US. Hoping to find any links at all! Thanks for reading! Sierra -- Ye Olde Collectibles Shoppe http://www.angelfire.com/biz/yocs/index.html For genealogy on Boynton, Howell, Drew, Morgan, West, Notter, Hanks, Putnam and many others -- http://www.geocities.com/~family_treez