Dear Tonnie, (and interested others) Since you threw in the name Kemper, you and I must be distant cousins. You need to do these two things (at least two) Since you are descended from Germanna colonists [unfortunately, you left out dates], you MUST access these internet places. The first ones are rootsweb sites. 1. Subscribe to Germanna colonies at _GERMANNA_COLONIES-D-request@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:GERMANNA_COLONIES-D-request@rootsweb.com) (remove the punctuation fore and aft before pasting into your address blanks. This is the Digest mode--several messages at once) 2. Search the archives at _http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/searchthesenotes.html_ (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/searchthesenotes.html) Again remove the punctuation marks fore and aft [which rootsweb enters--not me] 3. Visit this website and go to the list of publications. You probably should order some of these. _http://www.germanna.org/_ (http://www.germanna.org/) This organization, in the past, has made trips to Germany, and reports are they have a wonderful time!!! 4. Confer with your local public librarian. Ask whether that library--or one in an adjoining county--subscribes to HeritageQuest, an online database which many public libraries subscribe to. If you are lucky, be sure to get a card with a number on it--the number is your password to HeritageQuest. Most of the time, you can access HQ at a remote computer (such as your home). (If your library does not subscribe, ask where a nearby one might be which does subscribe. You may have to pay a fee to a *foreign* library.) Ask whether your State Library subscribes. My correspondents in Texas and North Carolina tell me their State library subscribes and holders of cards in those states, with some procedures, can access HQ. If you can access HQ, do a Book search for this author: B. C. Holtzclaw He was a PhD, understood a good deal of German, and compiled a number of books on various families in the Germanna Colony, particularly the First colony. Also look in HQ for the Kemper family genealogy and genealogies of other Germanna families. B.C. Holtzclaw, of course, compiled one for his surname!!! Also, on HQ check censuses and Revolutionary War pensions which are on HeritageQuest for surnames in your lineage. I hope this encourages you to learn more about your families--and next time, put in some dates!!!! Please. E.W.Wallace a Kemper descendant - and related to others by marriage, of course!!! **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48)