I have a lot of Severs material on computer and many sources and am always glad to assist with any connections or problems with Severs related genealogy. Just give an outline of what you have in terms of dates, names, and locations and family stories and I will respond. sometimes it will be SLOW but it will come. I would suggest that this be done about twice a year and data added as you acquire it to keep us all informed. It has always been my thought that most of the Severs and similar spellings could be traced to a dozen early emigrants with similar last name spellings and the spelling changed in random fashion. There was a tendency for all spellings to be changed to Seaver(s) in documents as that was the English spelling. Many were not literate and the spelling tended to change from time to time. The most change I have seen was the family of Frederick Severs of Muhlenberg Co who died in l802 and was a Rev War soldier. His family was able to trace him and find his name was something like Schaffer. Not sure how they were able to trace it, but LUCK had to be a part of it. Incidentally, a son or grandson of his was named Michael Severs and he was a HERO of the war of l812 and was credited with killing the British General at the Battle of New Orleans . This was the turning point of the war and the war was ended. After that he was told by most of the wealthy farmers in the area to take anything from their farm that he needed, food for his horse, Ham from their smokehouse, sit at their table ANYTIME. A privilege he seemed to take liberally, I understand. One of his relatives was the husband of Cynthia Barnett of Frankfort Ky who found herself "with child" before the marriage. The childs name was William Porter Severs and is subject of a book "The Severs Clan" by Whittlesby. I believe a copy of this book is available as a reprint for anyone of that family who later lived in Apanoose Co IA. Charles Severs