Lois Branch: Attach some dates if possible and I may be able to help. You know there is a Bryson/Phillips book available for inspection at the Mt. Pulaski Township Historical Society. Touch base with Bill or Phylis Bryson. Laurie: Rhoda Collins Birks is the sister of my ancestor, Mary Ann Collins. Also, I have found a brother, Thomas, thanks to the Bowman line sent to me by Cheryl Rothwell. I would guess that the Collins family is much larger, and I cannot seem to find anything about or ancestral to their father, Hugh Collins. JOHN WILHAM