Hi. I have a sterling silver highly decorated spoon on which is written Kenyon, Minn. Does anyone know of how to date or find out more about such things? My family came from Houston County, Minn. from the 1850's to about the turn of the 1900's. Thanks Karen Karen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kmiller/index.html including: MUELLERS from Bern, Switzerland http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kmiller/mueller.rtf (relationship chart) HOFFMAN from Minnesota OLSON/ THOMPSON from Norway and Seattle, Washington DRAKE/ ROBINS/ BAKER from Devon, England STONE/ PHILLIPS/ SCOTT/ MATYEAR from England and New York OSGOOD Family Also: My French Connections: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=karenm