Hi Carol, Thanks for the suggestion. I've checked that and they are related --but not very closely. I know quite a bit about the ancestors of William Root--going back to the first immigrant to the U.S. what I don't know are the names of his children, etc. Susan [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 9/4/99 10:05:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << I am interested ingetting information on the descendants of William Root, > who died in Ravenna in 1895. He was married to Almira Silverthorne and had 7 > sons and one daughter. He was the son of Sally Ann Tousley and Edwin Root. > >> > > Have you checked to see if they may be in the ROOT family for whom Rootstown > , Portage Co. was named? <A > HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohportag/hist015.htm">Rootstown</A> > > Carol in FL.