This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VRB.2ACE/303.1251.1 Message Board Post: Rob I believe that Margaret P Melius was the daughter of Philip Melius and Polly Bogart of Claverack in Columbia County, New York. The line may be traced back to Johann Milges, who came to the US in 1709 as part of the Palatine emigration. Jim