I am so envious of you people who have ancestors that left a paper trail to follow! I do believe mine simply dropped out of the clouds! or as one cousin said, crawled from under a rock! when they aren't listed on census lists, birth/death/marriage records, ships lists or military records, kinda makes me wonder if they were running from something and didn't WANT to be accounted for! oh well...<sigh>.....i always wanted to be a platinum blonde..maybe this gray hair will do it! Jean