I am new to this list, and am hoping to research my great grandfather's family. His name was Rufus Putnam Barnett, and was born in New York circa 1845. He married Susan W. Hutchinson, born in 1853 in Massachusetts. I don't have the names of his parents. On the 1900 census his mother is listed as being born in Canada. His father is listed as being born in Vermont. Rufus and Susan had sons Rae, Derby, Earl, and daughter Gladys, who all survived to adulthood, plus Bertie, Morton and Dickie, who died young. My grandfather was named Rae. He was born in 1882. The children were born and raised in California - I'm not sure when the family moved to California.