Hello Susan, Nothing in MA so tried in RI to start with. Posting to the RI board for the archives. I found a Bridget running a Boarding house with daughters living with her, in th 1860, but perhaps you have this already? LYNN, BRIDGET (1860 U.S. Census) RHODE ISLAND , PROVIDENCE, 5-WD PROVIDENCE Age: 48, Female, Race: WHITE, Born: IREL Series: M653 Roll: 1210 Page: 162 Bridget Lynn 48 Boarding house Patrick Reynolds 40 Laborer Thomas Donahue 25 Cloak maker Michael Lenaraw 25 Carpenter Isabella Lynn 21/24? Weaver Mary Welch 26 Mary Stuart 20 Weaver IRE John Nichols 26 Weaver IRE Allecia " 23 Weaver IRE Johanna Sullivan 30 Servant IRE All born IRE and says all of them were married w/in the year. Found who appears to be the same Bridget and Patrick Reynolds, in the same ward in 1870 still running a boarding house. A John Linn is with them. REYNOLDS, BRIDGET (1870 U.S. Census) RHODE ISLAND , PROVIDENCE, 5-WD PROVIDENCE Age: 60, Female, Race: WHITE, Born: IREL Series: M593 Roll: 1479 Page: 38 Bridget Reynolds 60 Keeps boarders 1500/1500 IRE Patrick " 50 ?????? IRE John Linn 27 Carpenter says born IRE 5 other boarders I see that they are indexed in the 1850 in R5th ward Providence, a John Linn and a Bridget Linn and an Isabella. Perhpas someone with Ancestry can look that up, as I don't have the 1850- indexed for RI yet. hope this helps. Jennifer In a message dated 5/29/2005 8:59:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, maydes@earthlink.net writes: I sure hope that someone can help me find this gggrandfather. This is what I know: My ggrandfather JOHN ALEXANDER LIND/LYNN/LINN (I've seen it all three ways on census) was born in RI Jan 1844. His father is ALEXANDER LIND, mother is BRIDGET, and he has at least two sisters ALICIA and ISABELLA both born in Ireland in the late 1830's. The earliest that I have JOHN ALEXANDER LIND is on the 1900 census. I do have his discharge papers from the Army dated 17 June 1866. He was discharged from Fort Richardson, VA where he served in company D 4th MA heavy artillery under the alias David Kennedy. This being , I guess, an acceptable way for the well off to discharge their duty. I have the discharge paper and the VA Bureau of Pensions authorization dated 12 Nov 1930. I also know that John Alexander was married first to Harriet, in 1872, and later to Bridget, in 1880. What I am hoping for is to find his parents on the 1850 census. With that I then hope to be able to find some information on ALEXANDER and BRIDGET of which I know nothing beyond their names. Thank you for your help whoever takes this on. Susan ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx