Hi! Over the last few months I have seen queries for the Hotaling surname in the Greater Albany area. I thought this query from the Van Buren, MI mailing list might be of some interest to those researchers. I am also researching the Hotaling surname in the UTICA, NY --Whitesboro area. Joseph R. Murnane Williamson, NY Subj: Hotaling, John and Margaret Date: 8/26/01 11:35:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: Puzzledfrank@aol.com To: MIVANBUR-L@rootsweb.com My John Hotaling and family came to Van Buren County in the 1870s from Onondaga County NY. The family included: John G. b in NY 1809 wife Margaret Groat b in NY in 1819 they were married in 1838 in Albany Children that came to Michigan with them: Henry: Libbie: James ( he married Esther Thompkins in 1873) Peter: George; Charles; and Lena John and Margaret are both buried in the Lakeview Cemetery Decatur MI I am a descendent of James and would like to get in connect with persons researching this family. Frank Hotaling Puzzledfrank@aol.com