One matter that has concerned me on a deeper level is one you might call "reverence" defined in my dictionary as, "The feelng or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration". My own personal feeling is that since I am sure I am a descendant of the Rehoboth Carpenter family, the last thing I would do, is in any way distort or degrade my family history. If I wasn't really sure I was a descendant, a kind of maybe I am and maybe I'm not emotion, then I might regard family history as merely a toy or harmless hobby. It is like walking into an ancient church and deciding to rearrange things to your own liking. There is something lacking in such an individual, a truly deep tie, the "awe" in my above definition above. Sincerely, Bruce E. Carpenter