What incredibly nice people you are! I received more than sixty emails (including Carpenter-L) in answer to my question about Unwanted mail! I want to thank each one of you for the helpful tips, suggestions, and taking your time to help a Carpenter with a problem. The statistics seem to indicate the receipt of XXX mail has nothing to do with the Carpenter forum. We recently loaded a new "browser", which may be the problem. It is fun to see postings re: the Texas Carpenter line. I have been searching for any clues regarding my Carpenter ancestry for many years. My gg grandfather John W. Carpenter died young in Ellis County, Texas before 1890. He married Carrie Mae Graham on 10 Jan 1884. Carrie Mae was born 9 Sep 1867 and died 20 Jul 1949 in Collin County, Texas. She is buried in Plano Mutual Cemetery as Carrie Mae Hutton. She married John H. Hutton in 1890. John W. (Weston?) and Carrie has Jessie Carpenter who married Icie, Sammie Lee Carpenter b. 1885 in Lewisville, Denton County, Texas (my grandfather) who married Allie Mae Cooke, and Johnnie W. Carpenter b. 1889; died 1954, and is buried next to Carrie Mae in Plano. If ANYONE has any information about the Carpenter lines in Ellis or Denton Counties, Texas, your help would be appreciated. __ ____ _____ ______ _______ __