Have to share a success story with all PENNA-DUTCH-L & D subscribers: Has to do with Johnathan GRIEST b. 8 / 13 / 1793 York Co. PA. + Mary MORRIS b. 6 / 7 / 1785 Baltimore, MD. and one of their 9 daughters: Esther GRIEST b. 4 / 1 / 1814 York Co. PA. + Thomas Bradley ROTH b. 8 / 7 / 1810. These were my 3gr & 2gr-grandparents respectively. On 2-13-99 Vicki wrote: <<Hello Paul, I have lots of stuff on the Griest family. My records show Johnathan Griest & Mary Morris's 2nd child (of 9) as Esther, b. 4-1-1814. Johnathan's parents - Jacob Griest b. 1-2 or 1-22 1779 d. 1844 and Esther Vanscoyac b. 1771. Ester's father Moses Vanscoyac, his father Aaron Vanscoyac. Jacob's parents - Willing Griest b. 8-2-1736 d. 12-25-1819 and Ann Garretson b. 8-14-1745 d. aft. 2-22-1820, married 9-5-1764 at Warrington Meeting. Willing Griest of John Griest and Martha Baldwin, and Ann Garretson of John Garretson and Content Hussey. That's most of what I have, but can provide lists of each family's children and a few more details if you are interested. Good luck! Response: "HELLO, COUSIN VICKI ! THANK YOU ! Say Hi to Cousins : Margaret, Faith & Audrey ! Johnathan & Mary MORRIS-GRIEST were my 3gr-grandparents ! I have been searching for these folks forever !...You have made my year !...and it's only FEB. !! Esther married my 2gr-grandfather : Thomas Bradley ROTH. My original info which was compiled by one of my aunts, listed her as Esther GRIST...I received two look-up comfirmations of their marraige, but they stated she was Hester GRIST...so I've been looking since Mar. '98 for Hester GRIST. My cousin, Margaret BADER (Hi Margaret !), found (H)Esther's father, Johnathan GRIEST & Mary ?...but we didn't have sibs or parents of Johnathan. WOW ! NOW WE DO !!!! Faith [ Hi Cousin Faith ! ] ( [email protected] ) sent me info about Willing GRIEST but we couldn't connect him to Johnathan. ( Faith is researching GARRETSONs also ! ) Cousin Audrey ( [email protected] : GRIEST-GARRETSON), was the first to post in my new Griest-Greist Query Board ! Cousin Vicki, you've just knocked down a brick wall for all three of us !!! THANK YOU ! {:-) To mention that you've also added another branch to my Family Tree :VANSCOYAC" This is my 3rd HIT this new year ! I began posting ( Mar' '98 ) info on as many Gen-sites as I could find. All my HITS have come from RootsWeb sites/lists ! Thank You RootsWeb.com ! For those of you who have been frustrated in finding ancestors : Keep posting and don't give up hope ! Regards, A VERY Happy Camper, {:-)> Paul A. Roth