Hello, I just checked the archives of 2 Lists, and it looks like I haven't posted about the YOUNG families since 2005. There is information in the archives of this List and the New Haven List. And I don't have anymore than that. But, I'd like to ask now if anyone now is researching them. For the ancestors of Abner YOUNG, you can check out the YOUNG List and probably the YOUNG Board. I've posted his "line" there before. I'm very interested in finding descendants of Abner and Clara (DEXTER) YOUNG of Killingly. They had one surviving child, Earle YOUNG. Earle YOUNG and Mary BITGOOD were married in 1906. The only children I've been able to find out about are: Mary Barbara YOUNG, b1915, Evelyn Virginia YOUNG, b1917, Frederick E. YOUNG, b1918, and Winthrop A. YOUNG, b1920. The 2 sons died in 1996 and 1997. I think someone told me the married names of the 2 daughters, but I don't have that information handy. Earle and Mary YOUNG and their family lived in New Haven in 1920 and 1930. I would love to find living descendants of the couple. Winthrop became a professional genealogist, and he eventually self-published / self-typed a document on his YOUNG family tree. I have a copy of his obituary. From that and other information, I was able to find current addresses of some of his children. I wrote to them 2 years ago and there was no response. I was hoping that one of his children would still have his "boxes of research papers." I don't remember that I found out the information on the families of his 3 siblings. I'll had that to my to-do-list. The main reason I'm writing, and the thing I'd like to find the most -- is "old family photos" which might include pictures of Abner and Clara YOUNG in Killingly. Thank you for your time. Betty (near Lowell, MA) (As I've mentioned in past years, I have an "educated guess" that Mrs. Clara YOUNG was the birth-mother of my grandmother. I believe she had a pregnancy outside of her marriage in the summer of 1888.) (Only a true miracle would help me prove this.) (I'd also like to find some old pictures of her aunt, Mrs. Abby (DEXTER) CROSBY of the Killingly area. Abby and John DEXTER were the children of Marvin and Mary (ALLEN) DEXTER of Killingly. John married Mary CLARK of Westport, MA, and they lived in Killingly. Someone told me recently that Mary (CLARK) might have had CLARK relatives in the Killingly area and that's possibly how she met John.) Remember to check the archives of all the Lists and Boards for your surnames and place-names. And, please remember to check the on-line auctions for for your surnames and place-names.