Hi All I do mean a lot of names I have seen on the list. She does her research based on Vermont but the families spread west throughout the midwest. http://www.rootsweb.com/~vtgrandi/demarce/intro.htm Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) friend@2z.net EDUCA'TION, n. [L. educatio.] The bringing up, as of a child, instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations. To give children a good education in manners, arts and science, is important; to give them a religious education is indispensable; and an immense responsibility rests on parents and guardians who neglect these duties.(Webster's Dictionary 1828)