Hi The Portlock webpage has been updated. Please check it out at http://www.owc.net/~julie Barnet Portlock and his brother David settled in Des Moines County, Iowa in the 1830's. Julie Julie JRDresser@aol.com ============================================================ "Dwell on the past, and you'll lose an eye. Ignore the past, and you'll lose both of them." Old Russian Proverb "What the Son wishes to forget, the Grandson wishes to remember." Marcus Lee Hansen