Regarding this message: ...Based on what I've found on the family John and Elizabeth (Lucas) Swan -- which has been fairly well researched and documented -- the Catherine Swan who married Joseph McIlvaine is not their daughter... As a descendant of John and Elizabeth Swan I agree that this Catherine isn't part of the family. I have run across other 'Swans' as I researched my own; the majority were a part of the Swan family which were first in New England and then moved through PA into VA. Information about them can be found in the beginning pages of S.D. Swan's book, "Family Record of John Swan of Greene County, Pennsylvania." I have seen copies of this book in the Greene and Fayette County libraries and, having made a copy of the information I researched long enough to prove to myself that the author was absolutely wrong about the connection. In addition, these other Swans appeared to be of a more gentile lineage, not like John Swan's rough and tough pioneer family of which I am so proud! Beth ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com