I feel a bit out of place with the rest of you. As you can see, the KEIM name appears back a ways in my husband's line. Valentiine KEIM.........b:GER...d:1808 PA .....Susanna KEIM............................. b:1750-1773.....d:bef 1808 .....+Simon Peter KREISCHER........b:1754 GER.....d:1806 PA .............Susanna KREISCHER.................b:1790 PA.....d:1878 PA/MD .............+John BROWN...............................b:1782 PA.....d:1884 PA .....................John BROWN.................................b:1810 MD.....d:1889 PA ....................+Catherine GRIMES......................b:1814 PA.......d:1878 PA ...........................John Charles BROWN,Sr.............b:1849 PA.....d:1918 PA ...........................+Alice N ELLIOTT..........................b:1855 PA.....d:1918 PA .................................George M BROWN.........................b:1876 PA.....d:1962 PA .................................+Minnie R MADER.........................b:1876 PA.....d:1963 PA ..........................................Clair G BROWN............................b:1906 PA.....d:1985 PA ..........................................+Evelyn A NELSON.....................b:1909 PA.....d:1956 PA ...................................................Richard E BROWN ................. b:1946 PA.....d:2007 PA ....................................................(my husband) ...................................................+ me Yes, there are four consecutive genrations where there is a John BROWN. Three of them are listed above. There was also a SMITH in the ELLIOTT line. Eileen