Dear Joe: Once again on the search for my people. >From an 1856 will I believe I have linked my Lance people to the Lantz line that arrived in Philadelphia Oct of 1738. Still there are some details to fill in. One such detail has to do with my 2 great grandfather WILLIAM LANCE (his father also spelled the name LANTS, and another researcher spelled the name LANTZ in his 1931 book). William was born in NJ circa 1820. I have also found who I believe to be his three brothers, his father and mother -- all buried in Hainesburg Cemetery just outside Walnut Valley, NJ. My problem is that in cannot find what happened to William or the grave of his wife Scharlet Brown. We find William and his family in the federal census of 1860. By the census of 1870 William is listed as a widower. So far no grave of his wife nor their marriage records or record of her death can be found. I know William's first child, my great grandfather ANTHONY LANCE married EMMA or Imogene DECKER. I know also that their first child, William B. Lance was born Oct. 1874 in Scranton. So we know that William and his children lived in NJ in 1870 and that Anthony had moved to Scranton by Oct of 1874. Anthony would have been just 22 in 1874. Though at the moment I have no record of William in PA, I can wonder; was he there with his son Anthony? So far I find no record of the marriage of Anthony and Emma in either NJ or PA. Likewise, as you know, there appears no record of Emma as a child. We did find the record of the divorce in Oct of 1897 but the paperwork of the divorce for those records appear missing. Anthony died in 1931 and is buried in Nicholson Cemetery. So far there is no will for him. His second wife, PERMELIA CAREY died in 1933 in Scranton. I know the funeral was conducted in Nicholson but I have found no will for her either. Any help gratefully appreciated. Laurence Lance Seattle