Hi again Linda, Well, we have gotten pretty far on the other branches, but the Soden has been the hardest nut to date. We took forever to get past my grandfather (Ambrose Jr). But we were rolling right along for a little while there. It would probably go easier if our local LDS were more accessible, but such is life. I rely a great deal on people living in NJ to help me out, and I have my mom there still who makes the many phone calls etc. I try to come up quarterly and walk the cemeteries and such. I am hoping my next trip to make a hunting expedition through the archives. So, back to the question, we don't have certain street names etc on Robert and Henrietta yet. We have a definite area for my mom's time frame, which is Prospect Heights for Ambrose' and his children. They were Methodist Episcopalian. Ambrose was a machinist by trade (this is Ambrose SR), Robert held a variety of trades from Sawyer to laborer. We do know that Robert was in the civil war, 14th NJ infantry Co H, and Ambrose Sr was in the Spanish American War serving from 1898-1902. We have no idea of the religion for Robert and Henrietta, as they were married by a Judge. They apparently were married in Freehold, but resided in Englishtown. I am also hoping to find Robert and Henrietta in the 1895 state census, but haven't gotten access to that one yet. I didn't find them in the 1900 to date, but that could be operator error. I believe, due to pension request made by the widow, that Robert was alive until 1901/2, which would make him about 60 years old. The Spanish American War medal may even have been his, and not son Ambrose'. I have a web page, that is kept fairly up to date, lol. Feel free to visit it if you like, the url is: http://home.earthlink.net/~jt1161/GenealogyPage/GenealogyPage.html You should be able to just click on that. Let me know if you want an email outline of the family name. Apparently, Soden's have been in the Monmouth and Middlesex area since the early 1700's that we know of. You are likely to see mention of them occasionally. Thanks for the interest! Joyce Soden Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: <LindaBch@aol.com> To: <NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [NJMONMOU] Census volunteers - make a difference! > actually it was interesting- i dont suppose you know their religion or street > tho right? do me a favor= type up some stuff and i will watch- have you done > extensive search yet or just starting? > >