Compton researchers I suggest you try the Web Ferret search engine. It is a downloadable shareware program that works with your browser. It is really fast and finds more sites than dogpile or metacrawler when searching the Compton surname. Download it at http://www.ferretsoft.com/netferret/index.html They have an upgrade for $29.95 that allows better refinement of your searches. The company limits the functionality of the shareware version so you will buy the upgrade (no boolean searches). If you are willing to sort through the search list, you will find lots of new stuff. Just playing around with it tonight I found; -------------------------------------------- Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1777-1814 http://www.chrysalis.org/stevem/w2bk01.htm Aquilla & Thomas Compton mentioned -------------------------------------------- 1850 Census, Clarke Co., MS http://www.netpathway.com/~bennie/1850cen6a.html 621-623 Larkin P. COMPTON 37 M Farmer Geo. Edith " 30 F " William " 19 M Farmer " (sch) Susan " 14 F " (sch) Jeremiah " 12 M Miss. (sch) John " 10 M " (sch) Larkin " 8 M " James " 5 M " William JONES 60 M Teacher S. C. -------------------------------------------- Happy hunting John Compton P.S. I don't work for WebFerret. I'm just amazed at their product.