Karin... As I said in my personal e-mail to you I will be able to send you lots of things on Horatio Balch in a couple of days. I just looked at my copy of the Bangor Historical Magazine and there are seven pages that mention him in that set of books.. I have photocopied them and will send them along to you if you will send me your snail-mail address. Also several years ago I did research on the Dutton family (his first wife was a Dutton) so I do have some other materials on him... but in all it is too much to transcribe to an e-mail.. Val Atwood in Machias ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.