Hi Listers, A professor from Northeastern University in Boston is working on a study of 18th- and 19th-century families that have several members who are deaf. Similar studies already have been done for Martha’s Vineyard and for an area in southeastern New Hampshire. Some of the families the university has identified so far include: Alden family, Camden; Allen, Hartford and Turner; Berry, Palmyra; Brown, Jay and Wilton; Campbell, Leeds; Curtiss, Leeds; Jack, Monroe; Jellison, Monroe; Kendall, Whitefield; Lovejoy, Sidney; Marr, North Washington; Mayo, Monroe; Nason, South Berwick; Randall, North Harpswell; Rowe, New Gloucester; Smith, New Sharon; and Wakefield, Gardiner. If you have information, contact professor Harlan Lane at the Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115; or e-mail Lane@neu.edu. For more information on this article, read Roxanne M.Saucier's article in the Bangor, Maine Daily News, at http://www.bangornews.com/cgi-bin/article.cfm?storynumber=30180&A=1 Marilyn