I have been looking for the parents of my gg grandfather for several years. I am sure you have seen some of my queries that I have posted on several boards. Joseph was born in NJ in abt 1810. He stated on the 1880 census his father was born in CT and his mother NY. He died in 1881 and is buried in Beloit, Wisc., I don't know what his mind was like in 1880 or who gave the census taker the information about his parents. In other words I don't know if it is valid information. I do have a couple of his grandchildren who have strange middle names for girls and I am wondering if they were family surnames. One is Bernice Vestal Hart and the other is Ida Bee Castle Hart. Has anyone found a marriage between a Hart and Castle or Vestal in their searches? Mel melmac7@earthlink.net