In a message dated 9/25/2004 12:23:13 PM Central Standard Time, pam_staley@hotmail.com writes: John Schallom m. Maria Weiss (1819-1892) they had: Josephine (Schroeder); Wenzel (Annie Hunning); George Schallom (Amie Flatman); Charles Schallom (Catherine Frierdich) and another son? Dear Pam: Since my previous message may not have gone thru, here is my 2nd attempt. You will find some of the SCHALLOM family in the records of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Columbia, IL. The orginal records are written in Latin as well as the given names so the spellings might seem a little off. Here are a few that I found: PEPERNI, Anna; nee SCHALLOM; wife of Andreas PEPERNI; dau. of Christopher SCHALLOM & wife, Maria; age 63 years old, born in Bohemia; died 10 April 1884; buried 12 April 1884 [1884 # 05] SCHALLOM, Barbara; wife of Wenzislai SCHALLOM; daughter of Henrici FRIERDICH & wife, Mariae ROOS; born 17 Oct. 1857; died 2 Oct. 1889; buried 3 Oct. 1889 [1889 # 13] SCHALLOM, Caecilia; dau. of Wenzislai SCHALLOM & wife, Barbara FRIERDICH; born 25 Sept. 1889; died 12 Oct. 1889; buried 14 Oct. 1889 [1889 # 14] SCHALLOM, Carolus Henricus; son of Wenzislai SCHALLOM & Barbarae FRIERDICH; born 3 April 1879; buried 18 July 1881 [1881 # 18] Hope this helps. Bob Buecher St. Louis, Missouri "Without the past, there is no present or future." Ancestors of Robert Buecher http://www.hometown.aol.com/rgb5400/Ancestors.html Millstadt, IL, Genealogical Links [Links to genealogical research in Millstadt, IL] http://hometown.aol.com/rgb5400/links.html Bob's Belleville families: Christoph ACKER (1807-1876); Philip ACKER (1841-1914); JACOBI family; Charles SCHUCHMANN (1809-1896); Henry WEISSENBORN (1815-1878); Johann Martin WEISSENBORN (1791-1859); Christian WEISSENBORN (1863-1937) Bob's Millstadt (area) families: BALTZ family; Heinrich BUECHER (1820-1893); George HAMMEL (1802-1863); Johann Philipp LEPERE (1785-1872); George METZGER (1827-1906); Johann Wilhelm MUELLER (1776-1840); Peter STRAUSS (1822-1897); Peter VOGT (1800-1880); Anthony WAGNER (1784-1851); Johann Nicolaus WAGNER (1795-1838); Michael WAGNER (1820-1869); Johann Ludwig WETTEROTH (1777-1842)