Helen; Tell me more about the Opps. I was good friends with Arthur Opps of Collinsvile. Died aboutr 15 years ago. mother was an Ostle. They had 2 daughters. I am in touch with the younger Jackie Opp Bechtold, husband Louis, He was from Belleville. Roland Bauer Marennad@aol.com wrote: > Sorry I meant that to go to the writer not the group at large. > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its users: RootsWeb would cease to exist > if not for the support of folks like you. By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb > provide Web and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing > lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared interests, and search engines to > make huge amounts of genealogical data freely available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! > http://www.rootsweb.com/