Hello Everyone! We now have 21 list members (14 regular, 7 digest). There have been NO problems reported subscribing, unsubscribing or posting messages. I'd like to keep that record going. --------------- The USGENWEB-ALL list is sponsoring a Virtual Tour of GenWeb county sites and the Jones County, Iowa site is the one for Sunday, November 8. We are about to celebrate our 10,000th hit (9933 this morning) and the added traffic from this tour is likely to put us over the mark. If you haven't stopped by lately, the newest page is information on and some great old photos of the BALLOU family. Check it out! ---------------- Someone I want to find out more about is Warren W. WALBRIDGE, my 2nd-great-grandfather. He was born 15 sep 1835, in Forestville, Chautauqua, New York, and married 24 Sep 1857, in Silver Creek, Chautauqua, New York to Eliza Jane GUY whose family lived near Fairfield, Herkimer, New York. Warren and Eliza came to Iowa about 1866, staying briefly near Mechanicsville, Cedar county, before settling in Jones county. Living near Mechanicsville was James Walbridge. In 1840, James lived in Chautauqua, New York and had a son under 5. He is the only Walbridge in the census with a son under 5. In 1846, he moved to Iowa. In 1850, James lived in Cedar county and had a son, Washington, 15. Washington doesn't appear in the 1856 or 1860 censuses. Could Warren W. and Washington be the same person? I've not found any place that gives Warren's middle name in full. If so, how/why did he go back to New York? How did Eliza get to Chautauqua from Herkimer? (Can't find any other Guys there.) Any info on these Walbridges would be greatly appreciated. -Richard -- Richard Harrison/Encinitas, San Diego, California IAGenWeb Assistant State Coordinator County Coordinator, Jones Co. IAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajones Jones County, Iowa Mail List: IAJONES-L@rootsweb.com Richard's Genealogy: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard