Hi List, The following is an excerpt from an email by a friend of mine. She's trying to find her ancestor, George Colburn Herron who was born either in 1844, in Albany NY, or as HE claimed, on 23 August 1836. His father's name was Patrick and he was supposed to be from Ireland. His mother was supposed to have been Pennsylvania Dutch, named Mary Ann, and evidently died when George was about 8-10 years old. When the mother died, George was evidently apprenticed out to a cruel master, and ran away. He ended up in CAYUGA, ONTARIO, CANADA. He there lived with a family named MINO, and one of their daughters was named Dorothy. In the near vicinity lived another family (which I have trace back to Trossingen, Wurttemberg, Germany through their emigration applications) named LINK. JACOB and ANNA LINK had children, including Jacob Jr. and Catherine. Jacob Jr. married Dorothy Mino and they stayed in the Cayuga area until death. Our George Herron played around a little, even traveling through the US looking for better deals, and then went back to Canada and married CATHERINE LINK. They moved to Alpena Michigan, and established Herron, MI, just outside Alpena. My irritating little itch with him is that I can find nothing. I have not yet actually seen HIM in Canada, although all the information supports his being there. I don't know the actual dates of his residence there. I cannot find any smidgen of information about their marriage, and don't even know where it took place. Can anyone help Myra find her ancestor? Or if not, maybe point her in the right direction? Thanks so much, Paula ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com