Cherry Strong Hicks, Your elusive Lorin/Loren Strong may have his parents listed on his death certificate. If you know the place and date of death you can write the directory of vital records there for his death certificate. This may help you find his parents. I hope this helps you. Jim STRONG ROOTS DATABASE http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jgilbert/main/srd-toc.htm Send STRONG GEDCOM FILES to Robert (Bob) T. Strong <[email protected]>