Dick....no problem...and I was glad to be of some help. It's not only fun to find some good stuff like that...but for me, it's a payback for all the help I got earlier in my searches, when I was just new at this genealogy stuff. All the best to you in your own searches. As to the Loomises....since there was some intermarriage earlier in the lines...it's not hard to believe that cousins might have ended up in the same place. Somebody else was looking at that Loomis family a while back (and I mean a ~while~)...but I don't think I have their emails any longer. If I locate the Selah Loomis info in my filing cabinet on the computer....I'll send it to you. Julie In a message dated 4/7/01 11:18:29 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Julie, I understand and Chapins did intermarry with a Loomis family, but > in the direct line. But, it does probably account for the given name of > Loomis. > > I thank you for your efforts and it is appreciated. > > Dick