Try this catalog for some really great clues into your surname. =;o) Carolyn http://www.masthof.com/ (click on genealogies) (search for surname) samples: 1540. The Daniel Beachy Family of Aurora, West Virginia: Their Lineage and Life Stories by M. Marie and Paul H. Yoder Daniel Beachy (1820-1897) married Elizabeth Yoder and lived near Accident, Maryland; later moving to Aurora, W. Va., where Daniel served as an Amish minister and bishop. They had fourteen children whose descendants married into families such as: Bender, Brenneman, Hershberger, Lichty, Miller, Orendorf, Stutzman, Swartzentruber, and Yoder. Read from their journals, diaries, letters, and hear the stories handed down through the generations. (280pp. illus. index. Authors, 1995. $9.75) ====== 1698. Christian Fike and His Descendants by Merilyn B. Fike Morrow This encyclopedic genealogy of Christian Fike concentrates on the families of sons John (1750-1829) m. Barbara Dellenbach, Christian Jr. (1761-1851) m. Christiana Livengood, and Jacob (ca1768-1841) m. 1) Eve Moyer and 2) Mary Barnhouse. Early generations: Arnold, Biser, Blough, Frantz, Frazee, Friend, Glover, Gnagey, Griffith, Guard, Hamstead, Lichty, Maust, Meyer/Myers, Miller, Schrock, Thomas, and Weimer. Other surnames: Biser, Blough, Frantz, Lichty, Martin, Maust, Miller, Myers, and Sisler. (cs note: + many! more surnames) (1,348pp. illus. index. hardcover. Author, 1996. $38.00 plus an extra $3.00 for shipping) =======

Carolyn, I have the book. It is very important to Fike and the many related families and descendants. The indexed names make it a valuable research tool. Rosalie