In a message dated 10/8/2002 7:30:28 PM Mountain Daylight Time, cdamos@attbi.com writes: > For all I know, Cal wasn't even born in Dry Fork! Again, it's family > history, and the only time the place is mentioned is on his death cert. On > the census records, his place of birth is sometimes given as Ohio. > Ohio isn't out of the question. The older brother of Abraham, Jacob (with wife Eve Hawk) moved from WV to Ohio. Also, little brother of Abraham (Martin with wife Sally Harman) moved from WV and lived for short times in Ohio, Illinois, before settling down in Indiana. More sauce for the mystery. Diane Also Researching: Appley, Asbury, Barnum, Bauder/Bader, Bowling, Briggs, Burton, Carr, Clark, Dyer, Ecker, Finch, Flannery, Fox, Grim, Hardendorf, Harman, Hawk, Hayes, Henkle/Hinkle, Keith, Marcy, Pier, Sawyer, Summerfield, Schenk, Shepard, Slocum, Strong, Teter, Tinkham, Thompson/Thomson, Walker, Whitlam, Wilks, 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)