Mary Ellen, Here is a url for the historical society of Cecil County in Elkton MD. They have tons of information which may be helpful to you. Frank http://cchistory.org/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 11:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MDCECIL] Rising Sun Maryland Have been unsuccessful trying to find any data on my great grandparents in either Baltimore or Cecil County. John LIBENS, German emigrant married Margaret KIEL/KEIL/KYLE, American born about 1860 in the Rising Sun area of MD. John LIBENS was Lutheran so I assume Margaret was. Of their 8 children, 3 were born in MD. One of which was my grandfather John Louis LIBENS (born Sept. 9, 1866). Albert Henry (born Oct. 3 1863) and Annie Adeline (born Jan. 28, 1869) in MD. The family followed the railroad expansion, settling in Crestline Ohio about 1870. The Ohio records are no problem. It is the MD records for marriage, birth, naturalization, census, etc., for either LIBENS or KIEL that cannot be found. I have made 2 trips to the MD archives at Annapolis without success. We assume John LIBENS emigrated from Prussia to Baltimore between 1850 - 1860. We have a birth date and year for Margaret KIEL (May 2, 1845) Margaret had 6 siblings born in MD before 1858 but again no records. All dates we have, have been handed down via family sources without confirmation. Would anybody have any other suggestions, since we could find nothing in census, birth/marriage/death records. All LIBENS in the USA can be directly traced back to this John LIBENS! Mary Ellen LIBENS Chambers Lakewood Ohio ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237