In a message dated 06/27/2000 6:20:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, west@gulftel.com writes: << John West may not have been the father of William. There is 5 years difference between William and Thomas. This family may have moved to Illinois and or Iowa in the mid to late 1860's Need more info on John West and Rosanna. Rosanna's maiden name may have been Prettyman >> Hi Earl - I am afraid that I do not have any information on the above WEST & PRETTYMAN family, but those two surnames are very prevalent in Sussex Co, DE where my LINGO ancestors came from to Belmont Co, OH in the early 1800's. Possibly looking into some of the DE records you might run across your family? Good Luck in the search - Glenda Glenda Frank Moser http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/o/s/Glenda-F-Moser/