I have just gotten a good lesson in documenting sources correctly. A direct male ancestor, Eleaser Greene, was from Bethlehem, (Litchfield), CT. Our family genealogist (from a previous generation) noted that he fought in the Revolutionary War as a private in Col. Nathan Chapman's Militia. I looked up Eleazer Green of Bethlehem, CT in the listing of Rev. War Pension Applications, and sent away for a copy. It turned out to be a fascinating account of his service, and sure enough, at one time he served with Col. Chapman. However, his birth and death dates and wife's name were not what I had in my records. After consulting the Barbour records, it turned out that there were 2 Eleazer Green(e)s in the little town of Bethlehem. One married Lucy Brace, and my ancestor married Thankful Spencer. Now, one wouldn't expect to find 2 people with the same uncommon name in the same small town, but there it was. Our family tradition says that Eleazer put the final "e" on Green because he admired General Nat Greene. However, I now susspect it was for a more practical reason - to differentiate himself from the other Eleazer. I also not that his name is given as both "Eleaser" and "Eleazer." The other chap is noted as "Elezur 2nd" in the Barbour records, so it looks as if both had problems of people confusing them with one another. As others have noted, one has to gather all the available evidence in order to obtain a clear picture of reality. George L. Greene ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]