I am focusing on the following surnames:POINTER ab. 1810, KY > 1840-1860, MO > CAN > KS > PAMAJOR c. 1860 VA or KY > 1890, IL > IL and MOHEIZER ab 1730, Palatinate > PA > c. 1780 VA > IN > KSHILDERBRAND DEU> c. 1840, ILMERRIS 1903 - 1930, ILREED c. 1890 - 1988, KSCHANCE c. 1840, BooneCo, MO > 1960, Meredosia, ILUTTER c. 1840, IN > 1926, Strome, AB, CANMANION 1840 - 1890, Harrison, Grundy, Daviess Co., MOI am especially interested in Gilbert, probably born in Kentucky about 1810 and James L. POINTER (b. 1/1831 in LafayetteCo, MO, m. 10/20/1853 in DaviessCo, MO, d. 9/19/1862 in Wellington, MO (Civil War battle of Wellington)).Most signs point to a Kentucky and then a Virgina origin.My family tree progresses from James L. through his son John Richard, then Don Xenophon, Charles Richard Pointer, and Roy Dewain Pointer.I have read the HEIZER family book which traces the HEIZER family back to the Palatinate area of what is now Germany before 1740 (believed to be Johannes Heizer)After my own surname, the MAJOR and METZ families are currently the ones for which I have the least information.The HILDERBRANDS of middle to late 1800s Illinois are also a strong interest.

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