Hello everyone... I am really enjoying the installments of living history, Vee! Yes, count me as one interested in those videotapes... We also recently had discussions here about migrations. Well, I've just found tonight a new biography posted in Michigan.. and yes, you guessed it... I found Niagara Co, NY family! For anyone interested in these families.. here's some information: (I'll give the url to go to the rootsweb site for the full excerpted biography at the end...) The biography is of Hon. John T. HOLMES. He is shown as the son of Daniel and Sally (TAYLOR) Holmes of Saratoga Co, NY and born 11 Dec 1815 in Carlisle, Schoharie Co, NY. No surprise to many of you... I was very happy to find the following in the bio: "He was married at Wilson, Niagara Co., N.Y., March 31, 1836, to Mary Ann, daughter of Nathan Pratt, a Revolutionary soldier." So there's that PRATT family again! This is the Mary Ann Pratt that is the sister to my Calvin PRATT (Sr) that remained in Wilson.. while Mary Ann and this John T Holmes.. went to Detroit, MI in 1837 and on to Grand Rapids, Michigan where they settled in 1838. How exciting to find them! If you want to read the entire bio... here's the url. Many others biographies from "The History of Kent County, Michigan", Chapman, 1881 have been transcribed and posted there. You can search for a bio or for a surname mentioned in someone else's bio. Maybe some of you will locate some of your family there! http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mi/KentBios?read=1667 or: <A HREF="http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mi/KentBios?read=1667">Ho n. John T. HOLMES, Grand Rapids City, pp. 1040-1041 (Chapman 1881)</A> And here's the opening page for "all" the bios... you can sign up to get e:mail whenever new bios are added if you like... http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/chapman1881/biolinks.html or: <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/chapman1881/biolinks.html">Links to Transcribed Biographies from the History of Kent County, Chas. C. Chapman & Co., 1881.</A> Good hunting... debbie in california CAhobbies@aol.com