Richard, I do not have any personal interest in the Frazier or Shorthose families and only posted the Shorthose bios for [email protected] so that she could get some idea of how the Shorthose family fared in the US. I will plan on mailing you copies of the bios and maps as I already have to run them in order to transcribe them. I still have some additional typing to do so it will have to wait until that is complete. I wanted to make certain that you have found this resource--IRAD, at the following address. I already checked for Shorthose and there is a lot there. Use the global search function and type in Shorthose with a comma after it and it will give you plenty of hits on this family group. The information that is online can also be ordered for reasonable prices through IRAD. http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/arc_home.html#databases I haven't transcribed this yet, but here's a section from a bio on John L. Shorthose with quite a bit of Frazier information: Portrait & Biographical Album of McLean County Illinois 1887 The subject of this history was married to Miss Elinore Frazier, in Ohio, on the 12th of October 1851. Mrs. S. was born in Belmont County, Ohio, on the 16th of October, 1831, and is the daughter of Andrew and Emily (McCoy) Frazier, both natives of Virginia. Andrew Frazier was born in 1804, and late in life removed to Missouri, where he died in 1880. His wife Emily was born in 1808, removed to Missouri with her husband, and died there the year following his decease. She was a member of the old-school Presbyterian Church. The parental family consisted of thirteen children, seven of whom are still living. The record is as follows: Jan, Rosanna, Elinore and Hanna are married and established in comfortable homes; Samuel died when seven years of age; then followed Martha A., William, John A. and Robinson, the latter of whom died in 1862; Francis is deceased; next was another son; also named Samuel; Maggie and Emma are deceased; four boys of the family served as soldiers in the Union army in Ohio regiments. That's all I have time for now. I have copied to this to the McLean County list in case other researchers are looking for these people. Lisa McLean County, IL _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.