Check this site ... http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/eastland/vitals/births/1943/east b43.txt Ctrl F and search Norton ..... Lots and a Bascom from Texas .... you probably know this... http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&q=+%22zadoc+norto n%22 maybe he is here ...... http://www.csuchico.edu/lbib/spc/lingenfelter/M/ling_m8.pdf MONROE, ZADOC NORTON Born New York 1835, parents born New York, died Tehama May 11, 1910 married (*). Red Bluff 1880 census. In Calif 50 years, Tehama blacksmith 1902, Tehama laborer 1908, 1910 Good luck, Jill