Thanks to you who answered my first querry. Here is my puzzle. I have an ancestor (Friend White of Connecticut) He has a missing mother. He named his first daughter HARRIET ATWOOD. This is the family. Friend White sr. 1748/1824 Connecticut m.????????????????? 2 known children: George (lived at Hartford) Friend WHITE jr. b.1775 in Connecticut d.1858 .m.1807 Roxanna HAMLIN children of Friend jr. and Roxanna Hamlin Seldon Elijah Bidwell Ruel Olmsted Elmaet HARRIET ATWOOD Laury Ann George Leonidas Do you Atwoods listers think it possible that HARRIET ATWOOD might be the missing mother, or her mother? Do you know much about the naming patterns of that time? Any thoughts, clues, hints,.....anything would be gratefully received. Thank you Diane in Iowa, USA mailto:[email protected] http://genweb.net/~meregra (genealogy web page) icq# 8679306