Bev, I can't thank you enough for the information you posted (and cc'd to me) on the PARSONS, PAXTON, SIMMONS, OGIER, JOACHIM, BENNINGTON, etc. lines! I will use it to document information that I may already have (but probably don't). I still have some real looking and documenting to do on many of these lines. Your info got me to thinking about where to go from here. Where would I send for probate records for ancestors who died before 1900, say in the late 1890's, 1880's, 1870's, 1860's, etc.? If you see any more references to JOACHIM people (especially with that spelling instead of YOCUM) let me know. That and the PARSONS lines have been difficult. Have info that says that Joel C. PARSONS and his wife Caroline (JOACHIM) PARSONS both died in Perryopolis, Fayette, PA. Does not make sense since they emigrated to Iowa before 1850. Makes more sense that they would stay put in Iowa rather than move back to PA where they were married (in Pittsburg, Allegheny County). But I have never been able to find their death records or probate records or cemetery of record. Am stumped... Thanks again for all the help. I want to add that I always check the info of anyone that posts to the IALOUISA list. I have found more than one reference to a possible relation that I did not know about before. Thanks to all those noble researchers out there that help us all so much!!!! Kudos to all of you! Willa Parsons Griffin