For those of you that are interested in locating ancestors' homesteads, now is the best time to do so in the Tri-County area. If you have a general idea as to the location, look for the blooming lilacs. On my own 276 acre farm, there are four locations of prior homesteads that can be found near the lilacs. Three of them have stone foundations that would be overlooked if not for the lilacs. The fourth has only the wheel ruts to indicate the old homestead, but the lilacs point to where the house had probably stood. Lynn Tinsley Gillett, PA