Tim asked for successes and I've had several in the last month or two: ROOP: have added some IA and MT branches to that family Would love to find some information on my gg grandmother, wife of Joseph ROOP. Elizabeth KEMP(t) b. 24 Jul 1816, OH m. 10 May 1836 d. 22 Dec 1891, Decatur, IN WILLIAMS: thanks to Nola Rains, I have gone one generation back on on Jesse Williams who lived in Adams Co. much of his life. His father, Elijah WILLIAMS m. Catherine KING, then Cora Elizabeth DUNBAR and had bunches of children: Jesse's daughter, Mary Ellen "Ella" Williams (c1859, Root Twp-1880, Adams Co) m. Victor S. REED. REED: John H. REED (Victor's father) died in 1904 in Adams Co. Newspaper articles listed him as being the oldest living Civil War Vet in IN. John m. two SPANGLER sisters (have children of both and lots on the Spanglers), but I have not been able to find his place of birth or anything about his parents or siblings. The newspaper article said he was born in 1799 in Plattsburg, VT, but Plattsburg is in NY. John's Civil War papers say he was born in 1816 in Virginia, VT, but there is no such place. The closest is Vergennes, VT, but can't find him there either. COFFMAN: still looking for information about David S. & Rebecca Coffman (1813-1872). Their daughter, Mary E. COFFMAN m. Henry HOWER in 1850, Adams Co. I have lots to share on the Hower family, but know nothing else about the Coffman family. The Roop Reunion Book is now online at http://www.angelfire.com/la/ancestors/Roop3.html I would love to know if there was anything in the Decatur papers about these reunions. I understand they were quite large, so they may have made the papers c1914. Any cousins Roop, Reed, Hower, Spangler, Coffman, or Williams cousins out there? Margie R. Pearce URL: www.angelfire.com/la/ancestors