I recently came across the address of a jdbolton@delnet.com while searching for my family surname on the Hancock County Illinois ILGenWeb Project Page and sent the e-mail below to that address. Unfortunately, the mail was returned because there was a problem with its delivery. I received the following message as the reason ... ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <jdbolton@delnet.com> 550 <jdbolton@delnet.com>... User unknown If <jdbolton@delnet.com> is reading this list or anyone might have an idea how I could contact this person, I would appreciate hearing from you. Thanks! : ) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Hello ... I came across your name and e-mail address while searching through the "Hancock County Illinois ILGenWeb Project" for my family surname of WILSEY. I've been able to trace most of my direct WILSEY ancestors to Clark County, Missouri, and Lee County, Iowa. While I have always known that my WILSEYs migrated through Illinois, and always suspected that they had some roots there, it wasn't until recently that I was able to pin down the Illinois locale to Hancock County. I would be interested in any information you would care to share about your line of WILSEYs and would be happy to exchange information about my line with you. I believe my g-grandmother, Emma Josephine PARSONS, was born in Hancock County, Illinois, circa 1863. The PARSONS' apparently moved to Clark County, Missouri from Illinois where Emma married my g-grandfather, P.I. WILSEY, in 1882 ... the WILSEY family having migrated westward from Pennsylvania between the years of 1836 (or 1846, depending on the history book) and settling in Clark County, Missouri in 1848. My research, to date, indicates that the majority of my WILSEY line and its collaterals made Clark County their residence, while others settled in Lee County, Iowa (a few going back and forth during parts of their lives), and Hancock County, Illinois ... some eventually migrating even further west to California and, possibly, the states of Wyoming and Washington. Izzy1865@aol.com Searching for: WILSEY ... WAPLES ... PARSONS ... HARSCH ... DART ... ARNOLD in Clark, Scotland, Knox & Lewis Counties, MO Lee County, IA and Hancock County, IL I'd rather be looking for dead people than have them looking for me!