Randy wrote: >I am new to the list and would like to tell you that I am researching the >following names: > >SWEET, BOYNTON, BRIGHTMAN, BUSH, and related families. > Welcome aboard, Randy! Now those Sweets - that wouldn't be Eber Sweet (father and a shoe maker) and Eber Sweet (son, who was a tombstone carver) who lived in Virgil, would it? There were and Eli and Galsuha Sweet in the tombstone shop also. Here's some of what I have (scroll down to Eber Sweet): http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/Tombstones/UpstateNYCarversNotes.html Dan W.