Thanks to all of you on the list for replying to my query. I've tried all the suggestions that I could from home, but still no luck. Soundex didn't pan out, a wild card search was a no go, and a day spent looking at all the individual Census records from both counties was a bust. I guess this Riddle family wants to stay an enigma for a while longer. On a different genealogical research front, I had a major breakthrough this past week. I'm researching the name Marsh, and with it being a fairly common name, it's been hard to find my branch of the family. This past week, after searching using only the men's names and finding virtually nothing, I got fed up and put my gggrandmother's name into the search engine at Rootsweb. Imagine my surprise when up pops a World Connect file with info on her family going back into the 1400's. I realize I shouldn't take it all at face value, and I need to look it all up myself, but what a find, and how much fun it will be to verify all this! I know I'm being long-winded, but I just want to say, " Don't get discouraged if you hit a wall. You never know what will show up and when. Don't forget those females in the family, they may just be your breakthrough!" Thanks again everyone for all your help and suggestions.... Carrie in Colorado, Who has an enigma with Riddles Carrie Marsh <carrie1@attglobal.net>