In a message dated 8/29/2000 11:12:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Dick, To tell you the truth, this Louis could be a Francis Norwood. Penmanship is that bad. He's 43 an artist and was born in New York. Wife Phebe 39 also N Y. >> I checked the database again and don't find a Francis born in 1807 or thereabouts. I'm sure the database isn't exhaustive, so perhaps he still belongs to the New England family, but maybe the New Jersey and NYC group are his. Let me know how your research proceeds. Best, Dick Norwood