Pat: Thanks for your response. My main interest is in the family of Matthias WOODLEY (b. 1755, d. 1825) who lived most of his life in Muncy and is buried in St. James Episcopal Church in Muncy. One of his daughters named Kenerchy (also spelled Cornichey in some Orphan's Court documents), married William VAN BUSKIRK, and the OC documents state that Cornichey had died by 1831. Furthermore, the 1852,53,54 vital records for Lycoming County indicate that a son of William and Kenerchy named Richard Van Buskirk, married a Barbara Worthington on Nov 28, 1852. My interest is in learning more about William Van Buskirk (dates, children, marriages, etc.) and his son Richard. I believe there may have been a close relationship between the Van Buskirks and Woodleys for the 1840 census shows that William and Thomas Van Buskirk were neighbors of Richard Woodley (a son of Matthias), and an OC record show that S. Van Buskirk acted as surety for the estate of Richard Woodley. These are tantalizing bits that arouse my curiosity about the Van Buskirks. I'm also intrigued by the name of Kenerchy. It's so unusual, I wonder if it's a surname that has been taken as a given name. Do you have any thoughts about it? Bonnie Desenfants and I have been exchanging Van Buskirk information, and I assume she'll let you know the links she's searching. Thanks for your interest, Robert in Indiana On Sun, 4 Oct 1998, Pat Stover Fair wrote: > Hello Robert Woodley & Bonnie ?, > > I was the publisher of the first 8 years of Van Buskirk News 1989-1996. > I must have missed your original posts to the Lycoming County list > concerning VAN BUSKIRK. If you will let me know what you are looking for > I will see if I can help you. > > Pat Stover Fair > [email protected] > > Stover Genealogy Page http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8220 > Join the Centre Co PA Genealogy WebRing at: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8220/ccpagnwr.html > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] >