In a message dated 9/15/2006 12:12:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Joan, I have traced my family back to John Shetron b. abt. 1794 in PA and Catherine Kintline b. abt.1795 in PA - this according to the 1850 census. John was a blacksmith in St. Thomas twp. in Franklin CO. One daughter Anna Marie b. 1825, four sons, Peter b. 1828, William b. abt. 1840 and John and Leonard b. 1836. I found William, John and Leonard in Illinois in 1860 - 1890. Peter died in the Civil War and is buried at Antietam. Anna married James S. Johnson and stayed in Pennsylvania. I have never been able to find the father of John Shetron, so that is my stumbling block. Thanks, Gary Shedron I never researched the 3 sons of Johan Heinrich SCHEDERON but there were three sons named Leonhard, Casper, and Jacob born between 1732 and 1738. So it is quite possible that you are looking for a generation in the middle to connect to your John. There are some York County baptismal records for children of the above and one Adams County baptism at Lower Bermudian Church for a daughter of Leonhard and Maria Elisabeth SCHEDERON. So you would probably want to be looking in York and Adams counties. Joan