In a message dated 10/6/00 3:18:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Looking for the family of Matthias Rowland (sometimes called Matthew), b. ca. Dec 1825, died 1919 in CT, married Ellen Doran in 1850. I believe he moved to CT before 1853, because his known children were born in CT, beginning in that year. He and most of his children were oystermen or in boating-related professions. >> Hi Nan There are some ROWLAND hits on the following site. In particular, there is a ROWLAND, oysterman, in the Patchogue 1868-69 directory. Perhaps, it is a possible relative ? There is a search engine on the site and it yields 14 ROWLAND hits. Not sure if they are relevant to your family or not, but it may be worth a look. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygglshp/ <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygglshp/">Genealogy Group of Longwood Society for Historic Preservation</A> Karin [email protected]