This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lh.2ADE/2119.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Maria Elizabeth's father, Michael, was Elizabeth Barbara Rominger's brother. Elizabeth Barbara, as you state, was Elizabeth Ried's grandmother. So Maria Elizabeth Rominger and Elizabeth Ried were cousinbut a generation apart. The Rominger's Roam book was written by Ethel Irene Harryman. Although a reference is made to Elizabeth Ried's father, Jacob Jr., no information is provided on the family, which appears to have also number 17 children. However, there is a supplement to this book titled Rominger Branches: Supplement 1982. I only have the surname index and do not know how to obtain the book. It lists several pages for the Lewis name. So this book might provided the information on the Michael Lewis family if it can be located. Also for true southern Indiana hoosiers, when I did may general search using Michael Lewis, Ried and Indiana, the responses I got gave flashbacks to the Bob Knight era. I nearly choked