This is a start in looking for land patents. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Sondra Riley Peterson > family names: RILEY, POWELL,DILL, FOWLER, HOWARD, TATE,PITMAN, CONLIN, KEISER, STRADTER, DUNNING,MARTIN, AMBURN,MCBRIDE "You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was." --Irish Proverb VISIT THE 'CLAN O'REILLY' WEB Lots of IRISH HISTORY to be fou nd on these pages. http://www.gofast.to/ClanOReilly/