Thank you very much. This is not mine, but (from old song) "I can dream, can't I?" My James was born in 1761, possibly in PA. Beverly Shuler -------------- Original message -------------- > OK, after doing a little more searching on my own, I see where I may have > encountered a problem. > > The 1880 Census has my Jacob Johnston as Johnson, no T and other sons in this > family also have no T (but we acquire it somewhere along the way). > > Jacob was born 6 May 1809 in PA, his parents were born in NJ (both of them). > The census also shows his wife as Eliza (instead of Elizabeth). > > Their son John lives next door with the Trump family as a servant (this John > married into the Martin family). > > Does this help ring any bells? > > Thanks, > Kristen > > > > ==== JOHNSTON Mailing List ==== > A note re AOL blocking Rootsweb List Mail: > AOL users should not to ever delete mail FROM the spam folder that comes to > them through RootsWeb. Before deleting RW mail, or closing the SPAM folder, > move the RW message to the inbox first by clicking THIS IS NOT SPAM and then > delete it. Otherwise it gets reported to AOL as being spam and RootsWeb is > blamed. To read more and join the discussion, AOL users are advised to join the > AOLers-Rootsweb list: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/RootsWeb_Support/AOLers-RootsWeb.html >