My father's name was William N. Tock. He was born-March 16, 1916 died-June 5, 1974. I'm looking for anyone who may help me with the ancestory of my father. His father William S. Tock died-1918. My father was 2 yrs old when his father passed away, and his mother remarried. Have very little information other than the fact that my father was born in Bloomington, Il. I have a family photo without any names. If someone could help my family would appreciate it.

Nancy, I have many family photo's. If you could email a copy of the photo that you have I will see if any of the people in your photo fit my photos. patt@csonline.net
Patti Phillips

You posted this a while ago so you may already know this, but death certificates are a good source of information, and most states started keeping them around the first decade of the 20th century. You can send away for your grandfather's death certificate from the state he died in, and if it's complete it will tell you his parents' names & birthplaces. If he died young his parents may have also lived into the 20th century and you could get their birth certificates. My Tock line came from Lincolnshire England, and there were many Tocks there in the 19th century, so it may turn out that they come from there.