John-

I'll be spending Christmas afternoon in Fairmont and my uncle has lots of info on his bookshelves although he's never been a huge genealogist so maybe I can find some info for you Wednesday. You mentioned that your Kelch line may have come to NE from Iowa or Illinois. I believe the Kelch surname has popped up as I've researched other Fillmore county surnames of mine that came from Carroll County, IL. YOu might check out their genwebsite. The Carroll County Historical society has a lot of info from their churches online. I can't be sure but I think I saw some Kelchs there. I'll see what I can find out in a couple of days as well! Jen