Hi John, Thanks for the reply and link to your website. Unfortunately, I have not had much luck tracing the Hallenbeck portion of my family- there were a lot of Hallenbecks around the area back then, and I am having trouble figuring out which (if any) of them are ancestors. Here is all that I know for sure: My great-grandmother Helen M. Bush (Hallenbeck) was born July 28,1905. Her parents were William T. Hallenbeck b. May 18, 1874 d. June 30, 1940 and Francis Lake Burdick b. March 24, 1874 d. February 14, 1940. William's parents were James R. Hallenbeck (no other info) and Harriet Hallenbeck (not sure if this was her maiden name), b. March 1, 1845. Helen married Leonard Bush, who also has Hallenbecks in his background, just to make things more complicated :) Leonard was born March 27, 1895, to William Henry Bush b. January 1, 1835 d. February 6, 1906 and Anna C. Hallenbeck, b. January 1864 d. 1920. The Bush line I am able to trace back quite a ways, but the Hallenbeck line (on both sides) is giving me some trouble! Now that I am living back in the area again, I am going to try and spend some time at the Vedder Library and other local resources and see if I can make any progress with any of this.... My father's side of the family and my mother's maternal side are giving me even more trouble than the Hallenbeck line! It gets frustrating at times, but I am very interested in all of this, and have been since I was in Elementary School. Jeremy Visit my website, Updated February 2005 http://jeremyjtaylor.tripod.com "We do not inherit the Earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children."