On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 16:33:28 EST, you wrote: >I just love digging through the census. Makes you wonder if any one was home >when the census takers where going through. I've often wondered where these census takers got some of there info. And if they asked the neighbors in some cases then I think it clearly shows that neighbors weren't any friendlier in the old days than they are in the present, despite what we're told. ;) >Is your John related to Jonathan Norwood of New York? >G Norwood There are several John Norwoods in the New York and New Jersey area so I'm not sure which one you are referring to. My John was born in Paterson, NJ but all his children except the last two were born in Delaware Co, NY. In my main database I'm following three other John Norwoods from the Mid Atlantic area. One that was born in 1728 in New York City, NY, one that was born in 1780 in New York City, NY, and one that lived in Albany, NY in 1790, but I don't have much info on any of them. In my unknown Norwood database I have at least 25 other John Norwoods from the same area that I'm working on. The least they could've done is given them all unique middle names or unusual nicknames so I could tell them all apart. :P Irene http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norwood/