In a message dated 8/21/02 6:33:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mimitaylor@worldnet.att.net writes: << They are on 1830/1840 and 1850/ Census. Did something happen to this couple? Look West. Emigration from New England to the West started early and was well underway in the 1850's. By the 1850's "West" was abit farther West than it was in the 1830's. With the Gold Rush in 1849> they could have headed to California, but they could have settled in New York, or somewhere inbetween. Good luck, John