The letter today with the descendants of William Atwood reminded me that I need to find my Great-Uncle Frank ATWOOD's descendants in Arizona. Frank M. Atwood was born in Sacramento, CA on Jun 16, 1863, to Melissa Catherine Remore Atwood (and a possibly dead and/or gone father, Frank Atwood). They had only recently arrived in California. He had one older brother, Louis (Lewis) Napoleon Atwood. His mother remarried the next year to Thomas Conley in Watsonville, CA. They homesteaded in the Three Rivers area of Tulare County in 1867. As a young boy, he appears on a census as "Francis" and not Frank. His brother remained in the Tulare County area (My great-grandfather), but Uncle Frank married a lady named Cassie (probably after 1900) and they moved to Arizona. He could have been involved in farming, my family certainly was for three more generations. He died in Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ on Aug 31, 1932. Are there any ATWOODs with origins in Arizona that this sounds familiar to? Even a wee bit? Until recently, none of our family here in California knew the names of the parents of Lewis and Frank Atwood. Descendants of Frank M. Atwood might be in the same boat. Considering there seems to be a trend in the name Frank in the family, I wouldn't be surprised to find that a son or grandson of Frank M. Atwood named Frank, too. :) [And no, I haven't a clue in the world what the M stands for. It's on his death certificate.] Thank you for listening to YET ANOTHER one of my poor lost ATWOOD tales... :) deb (Atwood) Christensen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - deb Christensen ([email protected]) Graphics Connection Forum http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/graphics/