All, You will find that I have completed updating ALL of my online databases. I would like to thank all of the people that sent me information over the last year that I have been able to include. I still have some more to go through yet, so please send me any updates that you can. I have moved them from GENDEX to a free web site so please check out the main page or the index page to get there. Below you will see the current count of families and individuals for each database. Ancestors - 1029 individuals, 187 families Beal - 133 individuals, 33 families Goedeking - 222 individuals, 79 families Heim - 3857 individuals, 1352 families Heischle - 617 individuals, 217 families Kehrer - 1412 individuals, 498 families Kiess - 4615 individuals, 1668 families Kurtz - 30 individuals, 7 families Marquardt - 2003 individuals, 735 families Mutschler - 736 individuals, 244 families Schiedt - 113 individuals, 41 families Shaffer - 3082 individuals, 1157 families Shale - 561 individuals, 200 families Sholder - 1346 individuals, 492 families Stabler - 1661 individuals, 600 families Staiger - 2747 individuals, 975 families Stoltz - 836 individuals, 288 families Ulmer - 6972 individuals, 2479 families Updegraff - 9115 individuals, 3422 families Wagner - 1701 individuals, 597 families Waltz - 3651 individuals, 1292 families Wolf - 92 individuals, 26 families I am thinking about putting a few of my direct ancestor lines on this site as well or other families that I have an abundance of information for. Please send me your request so that I know which lines are of the most interest. You will find the names in my signature line. Have a Happy Mothers Day!!! By the way, my wife Loa and I are expecting our third about August 29th. It's a GIRL. Big surprise since we have two boys and I come from a family of three boys. Anyway keep an eye on the web site late August or early September to see the new arrival. Sincerely, Kevin L. Sholder [email protected] http://www.siscom.net/~rdrunner/index.htm [email protected] SURNAMES THAT I AM RESEARCHING - Aderhold; Alexander; Bower; Campbell; Carpenter; Cohick; DeRemer; Hafer; Heim; Horn; Kiess; Kinley; Lovell; Mahaffey; Marquardt; Marshall; Metzger; Paulhamus (Polhemius); Pepperman; Rentz; Robinson; Roller; Sholder (Scholderer); Smith; Springman; Stabler; Stoltz; Ulmer; Updegraff (Op den Graeff); Waltz (Walz); Wurster (Wurster Von Igelsberg) and their related family lines. When written in Chinese, the word crisis is comprised of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. -- John F. Kennedy