I want to say a special thanks for the transcription of the items from the 1915-16 Elizabeth Weekly News. They had a number of items of interest about the Hagie family, but also a real break-through! Mrs. John Hagie, Sr. was born Regula Hoffman (sister of my husband's great grandfather) and so I've been tracing the Hagies as part of the Hoffman family. There were three sons, the elder two of whom were the Hagie Bros. of the store in Elizabeth, but I had no trace of the youngest after 1889. Until the notice of the death of young Stella Hagie in Jordan, MN, attended by her uncle Fred and cousin Dr. F. E. Hagie. I still can't find the third brother, Albert, in the 1900 Soundex, but Jordan was a small town and he and his family turn up there in 1900/10/20 on the census - and all thanks to that little notice on the Jo Daviess web page! So thanks to Marjorie Smith!!! and to Cheryl for putting them on the web page and notifying us. Cheers, Jean Hoffman [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeangene/