that you rex? john and Margret kimbel are my great grandparents- my parents bruce and Phyllis (both deceased) did quite a lot of research, going back to Conrad kimbel , born in hessen germany1812 or 1816, died in Fulda,indiana 1859, age 43 or 47 no date of immigration at this time. I've been meaning to put all my information out on this site for years, but today was the first time I've been on this site. email me or give me a call, I'm in tampa-same # as your brother had-- dave kimbel