Hi listmembers, Thanks for the answers about the Fredericktown Courthouse. The present one was built too late for my husband's ancestors to have worked on it. I will check their dates to see if they could have worked on the one built in 1821-1822. Carol Magnus-a chattier reply that I sent to you personally was apparently rejected by your Internet Service provider-if I interpreted the message correctly-because I am on earthlink.net. perhaps some of you would enjoy visiting the site: www.historicalresearch.org that Carol recommended. Linda