I was wondering if anyone is going to their historical society? If so can you do a look up for me? I'm trying to find information on my 3rd great Grandfather CORNELIUS FIRING. He was born on 6/26/1840 and d. 5/20/1900. HIs fathers name was William FEIRING and mothers name was Margaret SPOHN. I need someone to look up in the Christ Oley Lutheran Church, Oley Twp. Berks Co. Book. I have Cornelius's Baptismal Date, but I dont know anything on his parents. Cornelius wasn't living with his parents in the 1850 Census. So I dont know what happened to his parents. Perhaps something in that book will give me an answer as to who and what happened to Cornelius Firing's parents. My family and other researchers that I have found online tell me that Cornelius was the last chief of his tribe. However, no proof of this has been found yet. The Census records list Cornelius as a white man. SO i'm a little stumped. There are tons of different spellings for this surname, so i'm only going to mention a few. These are: FEIRING, FIERING, FIRING, FIREING, FEYRING, FEYERING, FEURING, ETC. Any help would be appreciated. Ivana *************************************************************** MAKE MONEY ONLINE NOW JUST BY SURFING THE WEB! http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=BNU976 GenWeb Search Engine - Where are your roots? http://genweb.virtualave.net Cyber Friends - Over 66 Chats, 25 Message Boards! The only way to make friends online! http://www.singleparentfriends.com or http://join.at/cyberfriends Emails: spfriends@zdial.com ivanae@freepcmail.com genweb@netzero.net