Hello Joseph, I am curious as to whether the "Beasecker" surname in your posting might actually be "Reasecker", a variation of the surname "RUEGSEGGER" (pronounced and often spelled in public records as "Ricksecker). Branches of the family now appear to spell the surname Resegger, Ricksecker, etc. I am curious as to the source for the surname "BEASECKER"? The RUEGSEGGERs came from Switzerland. I should also note that I have "KOLB" ancestry from the village of Hohenzell, (formerly in) Kreis Schluechtern (now Main-Kinzig-Kreis), Kurhessen (now Hessen), Germany, ca. 1700. Unfortunately, I have not yet taken opportunity to pursue the KOLB family in that area. Larry Flinner, Jr. llflinner@webtv.net ----Original Message---- From: JMurnane77@aol.com Date: Mon, Mar 18, 2002, 5:27am To: OHHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHHOLMES] Shearer in Washington Twp Reply to: OHHOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Hi Janet!         I just received this obit. on Friday and was wondering if Nina Shearer Holderman was related to your Shearer family. It's a long shot, but my wife's Holderman family came from Holmes/Tuscarawas Co. area 1812-1848 and resettled in Elkhart, IN 1848. Nina A. Shearer Holderman   Y       d. March 01, 1960   James F. Mishawaka, IN         Joseph R. Murnane     4219 Jersey Rd.     Williamson, NY 14589     315-589-6631     JMurnane77@aol.com Surnames: Holderman, Haldeman, Seese, Kolb/Culp, Godshalk, Eller, Crater, Scharrer, Thornton, Smith, Beasecker, Miller, Hertel, Brumbaugh, Lechlitner, Wise, Kreider, Page, Stoner, Brody, Replogle, Lape, Cook, Peterson, Fike, Fromm, Fisher, Moyer, Anglemyer Surnames: Murnane/Murnan, Kelly, Millar, Collins, Hayes, Hotaling, Ryan, Scanlon ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237