In a message dated 11/19/2003 8:17:26 AM Mountain Standard Time, phangsleben@ghg.net writes: <<Looking for information on the BITNER family of Hampshire/Mineral Cos. Especially interested in a William Bitner, born cica 1900 who might have been in the local wallpaper and paint business. Believe he was married to a Lulu Butler and most probably divorced. Her parents were John Franklin Butler and Mary Susan Windle Butler.>> I have quite a few BITNERs that settled in Howard and Tipton County, Indiana. I know there was a WV to Indiana migration during the 1800s so maybe the families are related. Let me know if you need info about the Tipton BITNERs. Affiliated families: Appley, Asbury, Ayers, Barnum, Bauder/Bader, Bowling, Briggs, Burton, Carr, Clark, Dyer, Ecker, Finch, Flannery, Fox, Grim, Goodale, Hall, Hardendorf, Harman, Harper, Hawk, Hayes, Henkle/Hinkle, Keith, Marcy, Miller, Pier, Sawyer, Summerfield, Schenk, Shepard, Slocum, Strong, Teter, Tinkham, Thompson/Thomson, Tripp, Vansant, Walker, Whitlam, Wilks/Wilkes, Wolford, Wood, Woolever. http://www.treelines.com http://www.lineage.net Regards, Diane Wolford ====Useful sites==== http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ (Hints for starting) http://communities.msn.com/AGenealogyExperience (A Genealogy Experience)