Thank you Sandra. John At 07:28 PM 7/22/2008, you wrote: >John, > >1. Bosworth's History of Randolph County from its Earliest is one of >many sources which indicate that Conrad descendants believed the >Conrad pioneers, Jacob and Ulrich, to be brothers. > >http://books.google.com/books?id=2jKxm9swFC4C&pg=PA332&lpg=PA332&dq=switzerland+%22ulrich+conrad%22&source=web&ots=xr4KKZLIKD&sig=BLKU6J8vCJPXULILfT9TaWiUpk0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA336,M1<http://books.google.com/books?id=2jKxm9swFC4C&pg=PA332&lpg=PA332&dq=switzerland+%22ulrich+conrad%22&source=web&ots=xr4KKZLIKD&sig=BLKU6J8vCJPXULILfT9TaWiUpk0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA336,M1> > >[You may have use the search option to find the citations for Ulrich >Conrad if the link doesn't take you to the right page.] Also, some >research with the ship passengers list will show Jacob and Ulrich >did not arrive at the same nor on the same ship rather the "Ully" >and Hans arrived somewhat earlier. > >2. Ulrich is proven by probate activity to have been the brother and >heir-at-law of Hans Conrad [heir-at-law would indicate that Hans - >aka John - died without surviving children or a wife]. Therefore, >if Ulrich was the brother of Jacob, so was Hans. > > >Sandra Keltner