Cecil, You posted a query to this list on January 28, 1999 and I printed it up only because of the COFFMAN surname, which is one of my ancestral surnames. I printed it and hurriedly stuffed it in my COFFMAN file, which I have very little on, in order to study it later. I think I had noticed that the COFFMAN mentioned was a Jacob COFFMAN. Last month, while digging through and organizing my mother's pile of genealogical information, I ran across a researched genealogy on my SWARTZ family side and, lo and behold, you and I are definitely related. Your Esther COFFMAN who married Michael THOMAS, was the sister of my Frances COFFMAN who married Eli SWARTZ. Esther & Frances's parents were, as you correctly stated, Elizabeth BLAUSER and David COFFMAN. You knew David's parents were Jacob COFFMAN and Esther RHODES, which is what my Swartz genealogist had discovered as well...in fact, he has gone back two more generations on the COFFMAN/KAUFFMAN side and one more generation on the RHODES side. Do you have this information?? I'd be happy to share it. I don't think my relative would mind as long as you are not planning to publish and that you source my relative among your own papers. He did a decent piece of research and has everything sourced himself. Your query asked about Elizabeth BLAUSER's parents. I have one listed and it is sourced. If you'll email me, I'd be happy to share that with you as well. I just want to be careful with this information, since it is not mine and therefore would fall under copyright laws. I see you've referenced your email "by way of Michael Gwinn" and that's a pretty good reference, but one can't be too careful... I'm posting this to the AUGUSTA-L list in case we have more "cousins" out there who would like to get in on this or have more to share. In fact, your "Esther" COFFMAN was a new name to my family group sheet. I have a "________ m. to Michael THOMAS" listed. Now I can fill in that blank!! Looking forward to corresponding with you! Paula