Hi, This is my first posting to this list. After several months (actually more than a year) of not working on my Kemp line, I have decided to organize my information and try to fill in some gaps. I have traced my family back to Johan Conrad Kemp/Kaempf b 1685 who came to America with his wife and six children in 1733. Some research notes of Annabelle Kemp that were sent to me by Mary Williams 5 years ago state that John Conrad Kemp "was born near the Switzerland border in what is known as the Black Forest section in 1685." According to data that Annabelle Kemp got from the records of Howard H. Kemp, John Conrad's grandfather was Frederick Von Kaempff, b circa 1635 or 1640, of St Gallen Canton, Switzerland who married and had three children, Christian (John Conrad's father), Hans Peter and Catharine. When I was in Maryland last year, I went to the Maryland Historical Society I looked at some of Annabelle's research (they have 20 boxes of her research on Kemps), but couldn't find any verification of this info. Can anyone verify this information? Also, in an excerpt of the Frederick County Administration Accounts which are currently being posted to the MDFREDER mailing list, it shows Mary Krep as being the administrator for John Kemp deceased 24 Oct 1765. Does any body know if this is Johan Conrad Kemp? Terry Kemp [email protected]