Dear Chaudoins, I was doing a search for books on FirstSearch, a library website and came across a book written by a Jean Baptiste Chaudoin titled "A Monseigneur le comte de Caraman, commandant en chef en provence". It basically about agriculture I think. This man according to the bibliographic information was born in 1727. I got to wondering about our Francis and since he was supposed to be born around 1725 maybe (I know it's a long shot) related to our Chaudoins especially since his name is spelled the exact way and not (Chaudron) as some people suspect. Does anyone out there speak French or at least read it? The book is owned by the New York Public Library and could be inter-library loaned (at least, I think it can). There may be some information about this man in the book. Any way it's worth a shot. Sheila Chaudoin Assistant Director Musser Public Library 304 Iowa Avenue Muscatine, IA 52761 563-263-3065