I've added extracts from some of the early Penn Yan newspapers involving some Swarthouts to the New York History page. There are some interesting tidbits! http://www.swarthoutfamily.org/History/NYhistory.htm ===== Mark W. Swarthout, Esq. North American Genealogy - http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/north_american_gene_history The Swarthout/Swartout/Swartwout Web Site - http://swarthoutfamily.org Lander County Coordinator - NVGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~nvlander/ Assistant State Coordinator - Nevada GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~nvgenweb/ Ink For Blood - The David Fairchild Family - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nvlander/Fairchild/ink.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com