Dear Tom, Great to see you on the List! There are a wealth of information on the Boucher-Boutcher-Butcher family, including your ancestor Bessonnett (more than three variant spellings) in the archives of Boucher-L, Boutcher-L, Huguenot-L, PaBucks-L. Here are the directions for the search in the archives: 1. URL: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cqi-bin/listsearch.p 2. Search List: Type in BOUCHER-L 3. Press SEARCH 4. Type in "John Boutcher", then type "Thomas", and then "Bessonett". I have in my file more information on Thomas Butcher - Anna Bessonett. If interested, I will eliminate all numbers and blocks from each space of three posts obtained from PaBUCKS-L so they can be very readable for you. Regards, Jean Boutcher J.Boutcher.1@alumni.NYU.edu SeaLover2@Juno.Com