Hi Steve, My ancestor that I am looking for is Thomas Gibbs, born ca 1790 in Mass. I have him later ca 1815 in Grafton County, NH, then to NY and then back to Caledonia and Orleans County, Vt where he lived until he died between 1870-1880. He has been a brick wall for me for over 25 years. My gram got me started on genealogy and worked with me until the week before she died at 104. She had told of stories of Captain Thomas that her dad had told her. Thomas was her great grandfather and apparently he worked on boats on the river. When he lived in NY, where his daughter Delia was born, it was a short distance from the Great Lakes. Any help with Captain Tom would be appreciated. Carol Sherman Houghton Searching: Sherman, Briggs, Gibbs, Hall, Smith in New England Houghton, Moore, Palmer, Franklin in West Va., Virginia, Penn. & New York __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com