This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boop, Ferguson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.allen/704.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sorry this took so long to reply. I do not think this is the particular Boop connection I am looking for unless it is connected much earlier. There was a George Boop ( I do not have a middle initial) b in Baden, Germany abt 1795, d in Lima, Ohio 5 Aug 1867. He was Alva's grandfather. Does this fit your information?