Those researching names in Amador County might want to try the Amador County site http://www.cagenweb.com/~amador/. There have been various entries from the county newspaper extracted & entered into that site. Wish I could connect into the Brown name. My Brown's settled in Calaveras county, and although one moved to Amador County, I've hit a big snag. (Course I've hit snags with my Dawson/Nichols search too, so guess I better get used to it!). Jackie in California kimmee@volcano.net