Listers, I am looking for the parents of David K. TUFTS (my husband's gggrandfather), b. 04 June 1805, d. 01 Feb 1885. David died at his daughter's home in North Berwick, Maine. An obituary in the Dover Enquirer, 13 Feb 1885, stated that David was born in Durham, NH. I checked the vital records of Durham contained in a history of Durham at the Dover Public Library and found no TUFTS birth there. Another researcher said there are TUFTS genealogies in the histories of Jaffrey, Newfields, Plymouth, Surry, and Windham. She checked Windham VR's and found no David TUFTS. The TUFTS family historian believes this birth was from the 2nd wife of a TUFTS of whom there are records. The problem may be that the children of the first marriage refused to acknowledge the second marriage and resulting child. We have been unable to discover which TUFTS this may be. Does anyone have access to the history/VR's of Newfields, which is near Durham (or any of the other towns I mentioned), and would you check for this birth? If not found, could anyone suggest church records that I might check for baptismal/Christening records? Many thanks for any assistance in getting past this "brick wall." Jeanne Johnson Medway, MA