This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HlB.2ACI/695.749.1 Message Board Post: Shari: I am related to the Carakers that you mentioned. I know a book that you can get which was done by my Cousin Mary Beis of Poplar Bluff, Mo. and it covers all the Carakers from Germany to North Carolina to Illinois to Southeast Missouri. My mothers maiden name was Caraker and I believe we are disatantly related. The book by John Caraker/ Karriker is not the same book as Lori Covert listed. Thank You, Mr. Lyndel Revelle