Hi, Well, my Ward is Cornelius Ward b in 1638 in Northamptonshire. Cant find anything on his parents or siblings. I got this from LDS but there wasnt any specifics. He m Margarett Franklin in 1666 in Somerset, MD. He also registered a cattle mark in 1665, this is the first referrence to him in the US. Cant find him coming over on a ship. I got lots of info from MD Archives on the web. They had 10 children . The family stayed in Md for about 150yrs then moved to OH then to IN. I have reason to believe one of my gr-uncles was in the San Bernadino Co area of Calif till he died in 1979 or 80 I think. Dont have my info in front of me. This is the county I live but havent had a chance go to records office to get copies of death certificate to confirm his parents. Most of them stayed in IN and died there. My grandfather moved his family to Ill in 1932-4. where I was born. Where in Calif were your gg-uncles? Does Cornelius or Margarett ring any bells? I have alot of info on the Wards from MD to present , but dont want to bore you if we dont connect. I hope we do, I like finding new cousins, Cindy Chino, Calif J L Ward wrote: > Cindy, > On Tue, 09 May 2000 11:07:55 -0700 > You wrote; > >Are either of your Ward lines originally from Eng then to MD>OH>IN? >If so > >lets compare notes. I have my Ward line from 1638 Eng to >present. > > Which of the WARD lines from England are you speaking of, My Ward > ancestor came over from England in the same time frame. Also some of my > more recent ancestors emigrated to California. At least 2 of my Ward > GGUncles went there during the nineteenth century. > J L Ward > Canadice, Ontario Cty, NY > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com