Thank-you very much for your offer to help. I really appreciate it. This is what I remember...There was an annual family reunion in Hoopston (The CHRISTENSEN, McVICKER, COLLINS Reunion). I attended this with my parents as a child, but was very shy and did not speak to "strangers". I remember my dad's cousin Earl was deaf and so was his wife. I believe his mothers name was Lucille. I remember Uncle Spencer Collins and his wife Nellie (She was Really heavy). I remember that there were not a lot of children at these reunions but I think that Earl did have children when I was a teenager (maybe 20-25 years ago). This is what dad remembers...Ora McVICKER (b. October 12, 1889) married Eva CHRISTENSEN (b. April 16, 1889 in Paxton, IL). They had 6 children Dorothy McVICKER my Grandma (b. July 15, 1911), Opal McVICKER, Charles McVICKER, Duey (Mack) McVICKER, Marguerite McVICKER, and Mary McVICKER. An Uncle of Dorothy's owned a Dodge or Chrysler Dealership in Hoopston. Dad also remembers a story about an Uncle who owned the McVicker Theater in Chicago. William COLLINS (b. September 23, 1861 in Indiana) married Ida ?. They had maybe 11 children but dad can only name 7 Kenneth Jerome COLLINS, my Grandpa (b. April 8, 1906 in East Lynn, IL), Julia COLLINS, Spencer COLLINS, Ira COLLINS, Zola COLLINS, Thelma COLLINS, and Roy COLLINS. Kenneth Jerome COLLINS (b. April 8, 1906 in East Lynn, IL) married Dorothy McVICKER (b. July 15, 1911 in Hoopston, IL) on March 31, 1930. They had 3 children Elizabeth COLLINS (b. May 23, 1928), Richard Kenneth COLLINS, My Dad (b. November 28, 1930), and Lloyd Dale COLLINS (b. June 15, 1933). I am hoping to get an invitation to the reunion again this year because I would like to attend if it is still being held. I am not sure what month during the summer it was. I am trying to fill in the gaps on my Great Grandparents. Ida doesn't even have a last name because my father thinks she died young. He doesn't remember hearing about her. William COLLINS is such a common name that I can't find any information about him and my father thinks that the generation before that came from Ireland, Scotland, and Denmark in the 1860's. I would love to hear from anyone who knows these people. I know that I still have living relatives in the Hoopston area and that is why I am planning this trip. Now my mother and my sister are planning to come with me. Thank-you Shari