Okay, cousins, here's a question for you: Do your CARPENTERs have really heavy eyebrows? You know, big, bushy eyebrows with lots of personality? Maybe bushy black eyebrows? No, I'm not crazy. Well, in any case, my insanity doesn't relate to eyebrows. I just wondered, because as a kid, I noticed that quite a few CARPENTERs had bushy black eyebrows. Now I'm in my fifties, and my eyebrows would be truly deluxe, except for serious and regular trimming. Once, when I was a kid, we went to visit a female CARPENTER who was born in the 1870s, and I knew who she was the minute I saw her because. . . you guessed it. . . the eyebrows. I only ask this because I'm getting desperate for clues on some of my branch of the CARPENTERs, and thought maybe this would steer me in the right direction. (Also, because I think it's time to find a new subject of discussion, and one that is close to my heart. Well, close to my hairline, anyhow.) Thanks for your help. George --- George R. Carpenter Pinckney, Michigan carpgl@ismi.net