This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mess, Roth, Grassy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2EC.2ACE/3112 Message Board Post: I am trying to track down some information from a true story from my great-great-great grandmother Mary Mess Roth (1859-1949) that her daughter Catherine Roth (1882-1992) eventually wrote down. Mary and her sister Ann Mess Hahn (1856-1926) were lost in the woods in November of 1865 for 9 days before being found. Some names listed in the search party are Robert Schilling, John Bloom, Puddy Lemmer, and someone named Heil that had a cow's horn. I have a link to her story of "The Lost Children" on my website located at: http://www.grassy.net/lost-children-1865.pdf http://www.grassy.net/genealogy.html I am inclined to think that Peter Heil owned the horn of the search party. I am curious if their are any relatives of Peter Heil that might be able to provide the site of his family home. Is that cow's horn still in someone's possession? I cannot locate the name Puddy Lemmer in any documents to date. Though, my search is still very much in its infancy. I am wondering if Puddy is a nickname rather than the real name? Anyone Lemmer relatives around that might know about this? Mary Mess Roth's story says he was a young man during the time of the search in 1865. Maybe the son of John Lemmer? Also, curious what the location of John Lemmer's home might have been. There may be a family relation to one of the Mess descendants to a Lemmer as well. The story says that Robert Schilling was in the Civil War. Anyone have information regarding his service? Also, curious what the location of Robert Schilling'shome might have been. I am thoping information ultimately this information will lead to exactly where John (Johann) Mess and his family might have had a home. There may be a family relation to one of the Mess descendants to a Schilling as well. I should have a better idea later this summer as I enter in a plethora of family information provided from another relative, M.K. Pyan. Richard Grassy III rgrassy@hotmail.com