Hello Lin ~ During your Waltham escapade, I am wondering if you could lookup information about my grandfather. His name was Benjamin DeButts, and he was born Feb 5, 1894 ~ His SS record states he was born in Boston, and that his father's name was Walter McDonald, and his mother's name was Caroline Walbourne. I would like to obtain info as to whether or not he had any siblings, and if the parents names are shown as DeButts or McDonald ~ The mystery to all this is that our family had always been told that grandpa was born a DeButts, but had been adopted by McDonald's ~ However, I recently found out that he actually left a wife and children (DeButts) in the state of NH, and ran off with a red head (my grandmother), and was never seen or heard from again ~ So, my suspicion now is that he never was adopted, but simply changed his name to hide from the family he left behind ~ Thus, to prove my theory, it would be very helpful to know how his parents are listed on his birth certificate ~ Grandpa died many years before I was born, so I am not able to ask him about this ~ In addition, the family I found is very bitter about what he did, and doesn't wish to speak with me, even though I wasn't even born :( Anyhow, I hope this will be as mysterious to you as it is to me, and that you might find a bit a time to dig up the dirt ~ Thank you so much for your generous offer :) ~Maryann~