In a message dated 8/18/99 3:10:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Please check out my Home page for my surnames - HILLS, KNAPPS, RUSSELL, PETRY, BOWMAN, BRYANT, CONRAD (CONARD), HOLLEY AND MANY MORE... name of page: MY FAMILY TREE HAS ROOTS IN WEST VIRGINIA.. >> Betty, I think I have talked to you before but: can you tell me about your Russells and also I have a friend who is doing research on Hills (I believe Nelson Hill is one of her ancestors) PJ