Through the help of the census lookup lists I have enough information on my American relations to ask now for your help. John Littlejohn born circa 1839 and his wife Mary Balloch Littlejohn born Dec 1840 came to the US in 1872 and appear to have settled in Norwalk shortly before the 1880 census. They had seven children, Jean (or Jennie) Graham Littlejohn born March 1864, Jessie born circa 1865, James born 1866, Mary Balloch L. born Feb 1869, Elizabeth Macfarlane L. born Oct 1870, (all in Scotland) Craigie or Craig born circa 1874 NJ, and Agnes born circa 1877 NY. The ages in the 1880 and 1900 censuses don't quite match up, I think the girls dropped a few years off their ages. However as near as I can tell, the years born are as above. In the 1880 census they are all there, John and the oldest two girls were working in a shirt factory. In the 1900 census John, James and Elizabeth are absent. My greataunt had told me that Elizabeth married and had a family, but she didn't know her married name. I am assuming Elizabeth married before 1900. John may have died before 1900, although Mary appears to be described as "married" (it's hard to differentiate between an M and a W). I assume James moved to somewhere else, the census claims that Mary's 7 children are all living. Perhaps he also married although he may just have had the urge to explore the US. What I am looking for is anything that anyone can find on any of the above, particularly marriages, burials, obits etc - also if anyone knows anything about shirt factories in Norwalk I would be interested (by 1900, two of the girls were inspectors and one was a forewoman. Craig was a grocery salesman and Agnes was a violin teacher) I have a fond hope of one day meeting a distant American cousin, so am trying to trace these families (a brother of Mary settled in Iowa) to the present day. I found that some vital records of Norwalk are available on microfilm at the LDS. Will order this if no-one can help me, but it will take a long time to arrive and only goes up to 1908 so probably won't have everything I'm looking for. Very grateful for any help anyone can offer Catherine Fitchett Christchurch, New Zealand cfitchett@netaccess.co.nz