Hello Jim: First of all my heart goes out to all who lost to Hurricane Katrina. The devastation is beyond comprehension, unless one has been through this sort of thing. Also I wish I could be forthcoming with exactly the news you wish on this request about Sarah Pope. However I cannot. First of all, the town clerk of Upton does not have the original records for the time period 1735 to 1850. Early 1900's, the towns sent their original records to Boston to be put into print. Somehow the records disappeared, whether they disappeared into someone's home never to be seen again, or got lost in the shuffle. At any rate, the town clerk has to rely on the "printed book" to give anyone information. I was able to discover that there are missing entries in the "book". NEHGS put on-line images from 1841-1910 (some still yet to be viewable). For that particular time period, 1841-1850 I ran the vitals against the "book". For births there are 45 entries, and only 12 of those entries are in the printed book. Mendon vitals says that they were both of Upton when they married in Mendon and the intention was not recorded in Mendon. Where Sarah originated from I do not know. However, you might look to Dorchester, MA., as there were Popes there. I have an Ebenezer Pope b. 27 May 1718 Dorchester who married Abigail Billings. I don't have any of Ebenezer's siblings however. Good luck and God Bless Alison Franks Archivist, Rawson Family Association