Thanks to all of you who contacted me concerning my search for Eckert ancestors. Yesterday a dream came true and I was able to set up a home page especially for this. The URL is http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4691/index.html It contains much more information than I could include in an e-mail post, so anyone who is interested may check it out at their leisure. Again, thanks, and have happy holidays, everyone! Virginia (Ginny) Eckert O'Shea