Carole, I think that you are right in that we will find truth . . . it may just be that we have to continue to refine the accuracy. My background in computer science and business and like you, precision is important to me. I have learned that it is just sometimes slow coming in genealogy. However, in this day and age, with the tools that we have at our disposal (like this list), we will get farther in our lifetimes in understanding our pasts, than any of our ancestors ever could have dreamed. I have had several ancestors in past generations, track down family linesages. Because of the methods -- mail, driving, perhaps flying, and telephones -- there efforts had to be focused on one branch. In the last two years it has been amazing how many of these "branches" have been tied back into a single tree! Keep it up! Mike <><~~~~<><~~~~<><~~~~<><~~~~<><~~~~<><~~~~<><~~~~ The Dunton Family Homesite P.O. Box 767 -- Molalla, Oregon 97038 http://www.web-ster.com/miked list manager for dutton-l@rootsweb.com & dunton-l@rootsweb.com <><~~~~<><~~~~<><~~~~<><~~~~<><~~~~<><~~~~<><~~~~