No, Erin, I did not receive message about Blackstones...and your response answers my question in part. You found my g-grandmother in Suffolk Co/Ives/1900 lookup. She and her husband were in Boston where my grandfather was born in 1900. (Mabel Blackstone Ives m. to Birdsey Ives, parents to Otis J. Ives). Her parents were, according to family bible: Benjamin Franklin Blackstone, b. 8/11/1849 and Elizabeth Lamereau or Lamereuax (or varient) born in Canda near in No. Hatley, Quebec, in 1859. 1900 Census info you sent confirms those places, but they were not in Maine in 1880 or in 1890 when I expected they might be shortly after Mabel was born there. I wondered if they might have relocated to MA...looks like they didn't. I want to exclude US data before I take on Canadian...any clues or referalls welcome ..Thanks. Ruthanne K