Hello, "Antiques Roadshow" was on when I got up this morning, and one of the items being appraised was a painting. The appraiser said the artist had the last name, METCALF, and he was born in Lowell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Metcalf http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200701A18.html I took a quick look at census information and there were a few METCALF's in Lowell, MA, in the late 1800's. But, I'm not seeing an obvious couple for having Willard in the1880's. Just curious if anyone has a "famous artist" on their family-tree. Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. "This Old House" is on now, and they are working on an old house in Roxbury, MA. And they just did a little segment on the very early history of Roxbury. A house built in mid-1700's and a wooden-church built ~1800 - are not something people usually think of when thinking about Roxbury. FYI: Roxbury is a neighborhood within Boston, Massachusetts USA. It was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxbury,_Boston