Dear Fritz; You have made my day! I am so pleased to receive your email indicating Percey's linage to Nicholas. I actually cried when I when I read it. I am happy to give you any information I know. Percey Colonel Knapp was my husband's grandfather. Percey and Gladys (maiden name Shopshire and sometimes seen as Shropshire) had five children; all of which are alive except one daughter: 1- F) Lou Verne, bn:20 Sep 1913, Washtucna, WA, died: 6 May 1937, Seattle, WA (I am told by the family that she died @ the Firland Sanitarium from T.B.,but I have not confirmed this information) The family reports she was an artist by occupation. I have actually seen one piece of her work. 2- F) Verlie Louise, bn: 1 July 1915, College Place, WA, married Edward Keith Hanna on 12 Feb 1937 @ Twin Falls, ID (He died recently. I don't have his death date now, but I can get it.) 3- M) Robert Percey, bn: 15 Oct 1920, Pilot Rock, OR, married to Joanne Koenig 13 Sep 1947 @ Everett, WA 4- M) William Douglas (my husband's father), bn: 5 May 1924, College Place, WA; married to Rose Stacey Chase on 16 Jan 1944 @ San Jose, CA 5- F) Marguerite Mae (nickname 'Babe'), bn: 2 March 1926, College Place, WA; married to Andrew Kearse, 1948 (I can get this date, as we'll be attending their 50th anniv. party this Nov.) I have obtained this information verbally from the living children listed above, but primarily from Mrs. Verlie Hanna in about 1982. Aditional facts you may be interested in: Percey graduated from Oakesdale (Washington) High School, achieving many awards for track. He went to Whitman College in Walla Walla where he continued his track success. I have been given a large laminated collection of his newspaper clippings, but unfortunately they are barely readable because the lamination process made the old clippings transparent. You have to look carefully to decipher the writing, since the article from the opposite side shows through. The family gave me the clippings anyway hoping I would find use for them. I am the only person of Percey's decendents doing genealogy. Now, as for the Rich Text Formatted File, I am fairly new to computers and am not familiar with this format. I have a Macintosh PC and also a CTX IBM compatible Laptop with windows 98. I will have to check with my computer source to see about Rich Text, unless you know from what I've explained. Once again, thank you for your response. I am excited to continue correspondence and give you any additional information regarding the families listed above. Anxiously Awaiting Your Reply, Kim Knapp