Thankyou Thanks for your response. I'm now looking a little deeper into their lives. I could kick myself! We recently returned from a genealogy trip to Chicago. On the way I stopped at at "cousin's" place in Ames IA and was amazed at all the information she had on the Dietrichs.She has the very documents I'm looking for and I was too timid to ask for copies.She has the full report of Lev's Civil war service(several years as a teamster, imprisoned in Libby, etc.) and also Levi's and Lydis's marriage certificate. By the way my guess was confirmed..Lydia's maiden name is Bixler and mot Bixbee as in the information you sent. I will ask her to mail me the information soon as I am having difficulty retracing her research short of going to PA as she did. Darlene RogerCubs@aol.com wrote: Descendants of Levi Dietrich 1 Levi DIETRICH b: Abt. 1830 in PA (appears in 1870 Leaf River Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) . +Lydia BIXBEE b: Abt. 1832 in PA .. 2 Franklin DIETRICH b: Abt. 1851 in PA .. 2 Cecelia DIETRICH b: Abt. 1854 in PA .. 2 Catherine DIETRICH b: Abt. 1862 in PA ...... +Emanuel HAWK b: Abt. 1850 in PA m: July 18, 1880 in Leaf River, Ogle Co., IL Father: Daniel Hawk Mother: Rebecca Messner Roger Cramer Peoria, Arizona Roger and Sue Cramer's Genealogy Site http://members.aol.com/rogercubs/index.html Ogle Co., IL Genealogy Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/ ==== ILOGLE Mailing List ==== Visit the Ogle Co. Genealogy Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/ Roger Cramer, List and Site Administrator: rogercubs@aol.com ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.