Hi folks, Hooray! I just received notice that my application for First Families of Wood County has been approved. I'll notify my relatives, so they will know that my gg-grandfather JOHN ELDER, b. 1805 PA, and my g-grandfather JOSIAH ELDER, b. 1848, Wood County, were certified as in Wood County before 1850. Now I still need to know how John ELDER got there, and where his father JOSEPH ELDER was born. The documents I worked on for Wood County should help with the Pennsylvania search, too. Thanks again everyone who helped me here! I'm sorry I cannot attend the dinner meeting on May 22 at the Bowling Green Country Club. -- Nancy Elder Petersen, Retired School Librarian 14514 NE 52nd Circle Vancouver, WA 98682 Phone: 360-882-1039 http://www.teleport.com/~nancyp/elder.htm