I spent a bit of quality time with my friendly 1860 census films today, and found several Atwood families that are obviously not the ones I was looking for. But in case YOU are looking for them: Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA, 1860 M. Atwood, age 43, Male White. Miner. Property: $2,000 3,000, born in England J.A. Atwood, age 34, Female born in England F. Atwood, age 13, Female, born in England Frank Atwood, age 11, Male, born in England M. Atwood, age 5, Female, born in Calif D. Atwood, age 4, Male, born in Calif (At least it was closer to the letter "D" than anything else I could figure out...) and a M. Murphy, age 33, Female, born in Ireland was living with them. San Francisco, 8th District, CA 1860 Francis Atwood, age 11, Male, Born in England Enumerated with a Rev born in England, Minister of the P. E. Church, whatever that is, three teachers, and 5 other students with various surnames and places of birth, all around the same age. Grandby Township, Newton County, Missouri, 1860: Francis Atwood, age 33, Male, White, Miner ... born in Kentucky Milly Atwood, age 20, F, born in Tenn Mary Atwood, age 1/12, F, born in MO David Dans?n?, age 3, M, born in MO [WHAT do you mine in Missouri?!] Some people collect stamps. I collect Frank and Francis Atwoods... deb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - deb Christensen ([email protected]) Graphics Connection Forum http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/graphics/