Dear Joe... Thank you for your communication and for listing your website. I checked it out & found some people who may be connected to my HOUGHTON line. I haven't connected to England as yet ... my great grandfather, Clarence HOUGHTON, b. Indiana in 1859, lived & died in Ohio, here in the US; his father, Rueben HOUGHTON, was born in Kentucky, d. Ohio 1904, was a photographer up & down the Ohio River in the late 1800's ... and it's possible that Rueben's father was also Rueben b. in Kentucky, and a grandfather, John HOUGHTON (married a Rachel RANDOLPH), was born in New Jersey ... that would take it back quite far ... probably late 1700's ... and I've no idea when they came over here from England. I'm speculating but I think this is how my particular HOUGHTON line goes. On your English HOUGHTON's, how far back do you go? or is one reasonably able to go? Thanks again for your response.. Sincerely, Nancy Lange Auburn, California, USA