Loretta, Thanks for the info.. I have found them there already. He came from Germany to Lebanon They lived there for a while, (?), 15 or so years before moving to the Brighton/Fosterburg area. I do know that they had several children while living there. Thanks. Any information is greatly appreciated! Adam -----Original Message----- From: BEEZES@aol.com <BEEZES@aol.com> To: bbs@midkan.net <bbs@midkan.net> Date: Monday, October 11, 1999 1:12 PM Subject: Re: [ILMACOUP-L] APPEL / APPLE Adam: There is a marriage in St. Clair Co., IL between John Henry APPLE and Lucinda McCANN on March 7, 1838. There are also APPLEs and APPELs in the census indexes for that county. You may want to try there also. Loretta B. IBSSG