In a message dated 10/7/00 7:46:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, SHIRBOB31@aol.com writes: << I can't help you much on your RHOADES or LINGLE families but my GGgrandfather, HENRY J. BEYERLE was also born in PA. in 1823. He married LYDIA BIXLER. Their son, my great grandfather, ALEXANDER R. BEYERLE was born in Linglestown, Pa and married FRANCELIA E. BARBER. They also migrated to Allen County, Ohio in the 1850s and then to Elkhart, IN in the 1870s. I have found a lot of information at the courthouse in Goshen, IN and at the Health Department in Elkhart. You might try there if you need more information. HENRY AND ALEXANDER owned the Goshen Times newspaper for some time and I have collected information there. Many of the BEYERLEs are buried at the Oak Ridge cemetery in Goshen, another source of information. >> Bob, It's interesting how our families migrated to the same places around the same times. I have gotten some info from the Elkhart County courthouse, but they told me they have nothing on George RHOADS, whom I believe died in Goshen. I have many relatives buried in Oak Ridge cemetery, and I even visited there once, but unfortunately, that was before I was really interested in the family history. Connie