Hi Sandra: Thank you for your responce. My gguncle WALTER L. HUMMEL, second son of JOHN GEORGE HUMMEL and HARRIET B. DAVIS, was born 29 Oct 1850 in Shiloh, NJ. WAlter married PRISCILLA F. SHIMP of Shiloh, NJ on the 27th of December 1875, by the Rev, L. F. Randolph. PRISCILLA FRANCES SHIMP was born the 16th of July 1858 in Carltown, NJ. She was the daughter of GEORGE W. SHIMP and ANN G. BACON of Quinton NJ. Walter and Priscilla went to Kansas in 1881. First to Lawnridge, ILL. then to Nortonville, KS. then to Topeka KS. Trust this helps in the connection With my best regards frank.hummel@juno.com --------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: UZBV13A@prodigy.com (MRS SANDRA E BATTIATA) To: frank.hummel@juno.com Subject: Shimp Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 23:00:27, -0500 Message-ID: <199810180300.XAA23542@mime4.prodigy.com> Hi Frank! Shimp is one of my families. I don't have any Hummel info. Willing to share with me? Maria, daughter of Daniel & Catherine (Shough) Shimp, was my 3rd Great Grandmother. Thanks, Sandie --------- End forwarded message ---------- ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]