OK, so there is life on this list. Thanks for the warm welcome! My signature block may have caused some confusion. We moved to Colorado just two years ago. I actually grew up in Michigan. I am looking for information about Claude Green, bd 3 Jan 1883, dd Jan 1957, both likely in Kalamazoo, Michigan. I did find the following data in 1850 census records for the Kalamazoo/Portage area. It appears that this Andrew Green was the family patriarch born in 1792 ============================================================================ ============================================= LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB ============================================================================ ============================================= 1092 1106 Green Andrew 58 M Farmer 1,500 NY 1092 1106 Green Betsy 39 F NY 1092 1106 Green Andrew 19 M Farmer NY X 1092 1106 Green Daniel 15 M Farmer NY X 1092 1106 Green James A. 13 M NY X 1092 1106 Green Lydia J. 11 F NY 1092 1106 Green Helen M. 9 F NY 1092 1106 Green Henry C. 5 M Mich 1092 1106 Green Joseph B. 2 M Mich Frederick Green Colorado Springs, CO