Hi Bob Long shot here. Do any of these SHEETZ folks look familiar to you? I am trying to find out where my GGrandfather, David SHAFFNER, born abt 1814 in Harrisburg PA, was before the first documented record I have of him, when he married Elizabeth SHAFFER, (no n) in Preble Co OH in 1851. There were lots of SHEETZ and DUEY in Preble Co at that time. I got the divorce info, by accident, by doing a search on "david shaffner" on Google search engine at: http://www.google.com/ This came up, among others, in Cumberland Co PA Divorce Records at: http://dueyhistory.org/ged/d0000/g0000058.html#627 [626] Cumberland Co., Divorces 1789-1860, by Eugene F. Throop. Jan. 1849: On 7 Dec 1843, David Shaffner & Elizabeth Duey, married until 14 Aug 1844, "She refused to perfrom any of the duties of a wife for & towards the petitioner." (Eleanor Duey, who read and transcribed notes in shorthand from the proceedings, mentioned that the language at times was rough and showed that Elizabeth did not care for her new husband, was in fact defiant.) David Shaffner (1844) lived in the house of Joshua Elders, with Frederick Duey (his father-in-law). Shaffer was moving to his brother-kin-law's, Jacob Sheetz. (There is a Sheetz connection with Dueys: John Simon Duey (J. Conrad's son m. Ann Cath. Sheetz, who gave birth to Elizabeth's father Frederick). In the notes on David, which see, David moved into a house where his father-in-law Frederick was living, but planned to move on to the house of his brother-in-law Jacob Sheetz. Divorce finalized 13 Feb. 1849. [627] [S45] Divorces, Cumb. Co. -----Original Message----- From: Capndadd@aol.com <Capndadd@aol.com> To: PADAUPHI-L@rootsweb.com <PADAUPHI-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 15, 2001 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] Re: Research in Dauphin >People all told me I could walk to all three. Hah. I hope you have really >great walking shoes and equally great conditioning of the walking muscles >:-). I did it, but this old man sure did get tired and beat. The good part is >that it's down hill from the library to the courthouse. ENJOY > >Bob Sheetz > >______________________________