In a message dated 10/16/2005 2:44:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Many thanks Gary - and thanks also to those others who have replied to me on- and off-list. It certainly seems as if this is the Elton referred to in the birth announcement - even though it seems little more than a crossroads. So I'm going to start digging there to see what I can find. I have even had the offer of help from your county library genealogy specialist, which is really great, so I have high hopes of making some progress and you'll all be the first to know what I turn up - thanks again - you're a great List (why didn't my folks settle there?!). Coal mining was common to the Welsh and probably to the Elton area. My grandfather had some mines in Stark County until the Great Depression. His wife lived in an area called Pigeon Run (talk about a crossroads) and she loved her childhood and spoke of it often. Gary