Cousin Ann McFarland has kindly provided information on Barber ancestors in Indiana.  A descendant of James Maize Barber (brother of John Knisley Barber), she has nicely filled details on her branch of the family, and we appreciate the assistance.  Cousin Tharon Peterson (a descendant of James Douglas Barber, brother of C.W.) has also provided valuable input on his branch of the Barber family in South Dakota.  Paul Monnahan provided research on early Maize (Maess) and Barber relatives, as did Dr. Don Barber, who’s done extensive research on Barber lines, and helped rule out a number of potential connections.  Rod Lacey is extensively researching his lineage, and we look forward to pooling our research at some point in the future. 

Cousin Phyllis Heller (a relative of Joseph Lutz Barber through marriage), has been tireless in her research of Shelby County, Iowa vital statistics records, obituaries, and newspaper accounts.  Cousin Sue Hallock (a descendant of Minnie Luella Lacey-Edsall), has filled in many important points of information about the Margaret Harris Lacey Edsall family.  Lola Barber Williams (daughter of Charles & Sylvia Barber) has provided countless bits of oral history as well as family documents, photo albums, and artifacts, and has been our continuing inspiration during this project.  Gary Weston, related by marriage to the Lacey’s of Missouri, Diana Edsall Watson and Catherine J. Duncan (descendants of Robert George Edsall) have helped with ancestral details.  Cousin Robin Reynolds Gold contributed important Barber information.  Cousin Sharon Babbitt has contributed family lore from the Lacey/Gardner line, and Mona Sarratt Knight, Alan Sheppard and Marilyn Roth, RootsWeb volunteers, provided additional biographic and background information from Shelby County, Iowa, from Jerauld County, SD, and from Mitchell, SD, respectively.  Dennis Walsh of the Shelby County IAGenWeb web site was helpful to get us going way back at the start of the project.  Paul Thomas, owner and curator of the “Time Was” Museum in Elkhart, Indiana provided us with color background on life for our Wyland ancestors a century ago in Elkhart and surroundings, and Ron Chamberlain guided us in our exploration of Shelby County in August 2003.  Wilma Miller Noyes, Evelyn Weaver, Vi Fuerst, and Phyllis Arhart helped with details of Jerauld County (South Dakota) history.  Anabelle Peterson provided enrichment about the Harris and Lacey families.  Peggy Hanson, Janine Labath,  and Sharol Andersen have added details on descendants of John C. Harris.  Janice Miller Hales, has sent information on descendants of James Douglas Barber’s daughter Winnie Barber Miller, with more to come.   Recently, we’ve connected with Jergen L. Barber, Margaret Rosman Murphy, and Kathryn Barber Rosman Fuller, grandchildren of Joseph Lutz Barber, and we've thus been able to add many more details on J.L.’s descendants.

In the summer of 2004, we connected with Ella Belle Harris Coyle and Wilbur Coyle,  and Mary Marie Albert Bickford and her family, descendants of Arabelle Barber Harris, and with John and Verna Erickson, descendants of Effie Barber Erickson.  We've also worked closely with Ina Meink Oerlline, daughter of Lucille Louisa Barber Meink and grand-daughter of James Douglas Barber.  In 1994 she did extensive documentation on the JD Barber family line, and we've helped her update and publish this work:  The Family History of James Douglas Barber.  To obtain a copy, contact Ina or your faithful Webmaster.  Thanks also to Verva Barber Taft, Vivian Miller Sarsam and Joan Mulliner, to Neil and Jean Kuiken, to Gary L. Barber, to Dell Barber, to Kalen Schloyer, and to Lynn Gibbs and Ken Gibbs for sharing anecdotes, memories, and connections.