Thanks for the encouraging words, I need them! I won't bore you w/ the boring, gory details but the new info is indeed correct. But trust me, I'm not getting rid of any of my "old" info. I've simply detached my John from his bogus father in my FTM file. I will no doubt plug him back in somewhere along the line. I know there were plenty of Courtrights in Sussex, I just need someone to adopt him! In the tax records of Beaver Co., PA (down near Pittsburg) John appeared w/ the following CLARK folks. Anyone recognize them as coming from NJ?? I've never found Mary Clark's parents either. Clark, Avery PA BEAVER CO. 179 1800 00000-0001000 Clark, Daniel PA BEAVER CO. 176 1800 10110-2011000 Clark, David PA BEAVER CO. 162 1800 10001-1200100 Clark, John PA BEAVER CO. 172 1800 00010-0001000 Clark, Mark PA BEAVER CO. 157 1800 00201-0030100 Clark, Rhoda PA BEAVER CO. 175 1800 10010-2200000 Clark, Robert PA BEAVER CO. 176 1800 10201-3210100 Clark, Thomas PA BEAVER CO. 176 1800 00000-0010000 Courtwright, John PA BEAVER CO. 152 1800 10100-1010000 Cindy Torres Owens Stafford, VA cindyo@staffnet.com cindyo@va.prestige.net http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/w/e/Cindy-L-Owens/index.html