A number of you have expressed interest in the Kemper family and in the other Germanna families into which [whom?] they married. If you are near an LDS Family History Center, you may wish to borrow filmed versions of some of the genealogies of some of these families. (With the Kemper family, you will have to read in a hurry, as the original book is VERY thick. I do not have a copy, but a library about 50 miles away from my home has it.) Go online to the www.familysearch.org website. The link to the FHL catalog is on the lower right (my preference). You can do a surname search. Type in Kemper [lower case OK] or Fishback or Utterback and see what comes up. Please know that some of these genealogies were compiled MANY YEARS ago (the Kemper genealogy was published in 1899, if memory serves) and as has been pointed out repeatedly on this website, much of those early genealogies are flawed. As with any printed source, you should double check with a primary [original] source if at all possible. We are so fortunate to have access to microfilms of original records (but other records are still being dug out of basements and attics of courthouses around the country.) There are several volumes of a Kemper genealogy, with different compilers of different eras, and Salt Lake City does not have all. One of the last lines of the description states that "library set is wanting v. 2 (1937) and v. 4 (1957/1958)." If a genealogy has been filmed, most of the time you can borrow the film, for a short time, for a small fee, through your local LDS center. I understand some public libraries have agreements with FHL for interlibrary loan, but I have not confirmed that. Ask your public librarian about such ILL. As volunteers at FHCs around the country caution genealogists: Begin with yourself, then your living relatives, and then work your way backwards in time. There are so many Kempers that you may do research on the WRONG line. (How many John Kempers are there? Countless.) Good luck! E.W.Wallace