I used to wonder about the approximately two year spacing between children until I consulted with a Gynecologist/Genealogist. She pointed out at a nursing mother is not usually fertile. Babies were usually weaned in their second summer so many babies were conceived in the late summer or early fall. > Then again, cold weather could also be a factor! > Good Searching - Good Finding - Good Luck! David Huffines Searching Hofheintz/Huffines/Huffhines/Hoffein/et.al. and Williamson, Wakefield, Underwood, Paisley, Sikes, Lipscomb ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange