Hello, I rec'd a couple of e-mails after introducing myself to this list, and would like to respond as best I can to them. Barbara - It is very likely our Stump families connect...does your line go back to Michael Stump(f) who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1743, and died in Hampshire County, Virginia (which I think is now Mineral County, WV)? I'm sure you have done this, but, if not, you can determine this by following your lineage in Don Norman's files, Hacker's Creek Descendents website. Also, I just recently posted my family's direct line to Hans Stumpff on the Calhoun County page (actually the website hostess typed it all, and translated my father's into a current genealogy program... thank you Linda Fluharty). My father's book was legally sold, as far as I know, by someone who had a copy. It was published in 1975, and my father sold and donated many copies. We still have a few in the family, but are not selling them. I've donated a few copies to libraries in WV. Diana - There are some Elizabeth Stumps mentioned in my father's book, but only as wives and daughters of his Stump line. Have you checked out Don Norman's files? If not, you might try to find your Elizabeth Starr there. Someone else wrote an e-mail expressing difficulty researching Stumps, I think back in Germany. I seem to have erased this message without first copying it, I'm sorry to say, and will be glad to respond if someone sends it in again. I can say off the top of my head that my father did correspond directly with a library in Germany to establish his overseas branch, and I'll be glad to share that address. Even though it was 30 years ago, it's probably the same library. Gloria - Hi. Thanks for the welcome, and for directing me to this list. Emma Campbell