In a message dated 98-01-12 04:12:05 EST, you write: << I have read with interest the E-mail concerning the Trubys. Can anyone connect my g-grandmother Anna Elisabeth Truby(or Trube) with theirs? According to the tombstone in Kansas, she was born 18 April 1830. According to 1870 Ohio Census for Meigs Country, she was born in Prussia or Germany. Another source indicates it may have been PA. However, she did marry Conrad Hartung and their first three sons, George - February 1851, Augustus - 4 November 1853, and Christian - 1855, were all born in PA. All I know is that they left from Freeport, PA between 1855, when Christian was born, and 1861, when my grandfather, Lawrence Casper, was born in Ohio in 1861. Hardie Hartung HARTUNG@worldnet.att.net >> I haven't been able to locate your Anna Elisabeth TRUBY yet, but the fact that she and family came from the Freeport area (Armstrong Co) is a pretty good indication that she was a part of our TRUBY family. While my files are extensive, they are by no means complete. The only TRUBY family living in the Freeport/South Buffalo area in 1850 was William and Susan (MURPHY) TRUBY. Their eldest known child was Mary Elizabeth, b & d 1834. However, William had a brother, Henry, b 1800, whose only marriage in my records was to Alvina HILL who was 30 years younger than he; their first child was born in 1860. It's possible that he had an earlier marriage. That's just one possibility. There are no HARTUNGs listed in the 1850 Armstrong Co. Census, so your Conrad must have arrived later. Sorry I can be of so little help. Sharon A. Huffman