Karen: My web page is at: http://members.home.net/johntippet/ I too have corresponded with Ralph Behymer, although somewhat more than 20 years ago by now. Ralph is in my database, but does not appear on my web page because I have limited the number of generations that I display to five from the common ancestor, Elder Johan George Beckelhymer. I am not familiar with a diary of Lora Behymer Duley. Perhaps you are referring to Aaron Sargent Behymer's diary. This diary is posted on the scanned images section of my web page. On page three is the reference to Anna Behymer who married "Mr Fitzpatrick." Aaron gives Anna's children as: William, Elizabeth, Adaline, Franklin (evidently Benjamin Franklin) and Eveline. The Behymer - France line is interesting. Three of the early Behymers of Clermont County, Jacob, Daniel and Joel, married France sisters: Elizabeth, Mary and Eve, respectively. Check out the will of their father, Michael France, on my web page. It is quite interesting reading as Michael evidently was having a difficult time "balancing the books" among his three daughters as he lay on his death bed. I have never actually been to Clermont County, but I am aware that Ralph Behymer's research materials were donated to the library there. It is on my list of things to do in the future. BTW: check out the land transactions section of my web page. There, you will find, among other families, all the Fitzpatrick land transactions from 1800 through 1879. There are four deeds listed between James Fitzpatrick's heirs and Elijah Mattox. I have not actually seen these particular deeds yet. I only transcribed the entries from the deed index. Now that I know that this pertains to Ann Behymer, I will order the microfilm from my local LDS FHC and check them out. I found it interesting that you had thought about Orange County, IN. I only speculated that the James Fitzpatrick aho appears in the 1820 Orange County, IN census might be the James who married Anna Behymer. Any chance I could get a copy of the guardianship papers that you mention for James and Sybil? I would be happy to cover your espenses, which, BTW, I have been negligent in offering before now. John Charles Tippet johntippet@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen J. Erickson" <kje11@hotmail.com> To: <johntippet@home.com> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 9:54 PM Subject: BEHYMER/FITZPATRICK > Sorry, I wasn't actually looking at the website when I made my observation. > I had copied the generation pages so I could review them at my leisure. > Please give me the URL again so I can bookmark it. I didn't realize we were > going to be having so much conversation. > > Now that you mention it, I also have a notation re: Benjamin and Unis w/ > children going to Fountain Co. IN. This reference comes from Ralph BEHYMER > who lived outside Withamsville. He was an avid genealogist and I > corresponded w/ him during the 1970's. Instead of trying to "piece meal" the > information together I will send copies of the letters. That way you can > take what you need, if anything. He says that he is descended from Solomon > BEHYMER who married Polly WEBB. > > There is also a reference to a diary from Lora BEHYMER DULEY. Are you > familiar w/ that. > > I have a copy of an undated letter to Aileen, I assume it's Aileen Witt. The > person said that they had done some work on the BEHYMER-FRANCE line. No > other details were given. It is signed Hilda Blakney. > > I was in Clermont Co. in the 1970's and met with Ralph. Then again in 1991. > He had died by then but the library in Batavia had a file cabinet full of > his correspondence re: various families in Clermont County. Are you familiar > w/ that? > > I also have copies of letters that I wrote requesting probate files on James > in Lawrence and Orange Counties in Indiana. They had none. > > I will continue to think about whose daughter Nancy FITPATRICK BEHYMER might > be. James and Sybil's children are pretty well lined out in a guardianship > proceeding, and Nancy doesn't fit in. But I'll check some more. > > That's all I can think of for the moment. > ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com >