Trying to verify parents of Melissa Carpenter: Melissa Ann Carpenter was born in Rensselaer Co., New York, Nov. 11, 1841, parents Henry and Maria (could be Westenhouse). She had sister called Adabelle. Trying to verify names from birth certificate or documents which give parents names. This family left Ny in 1867 for Wisconsin. This was according to obituary in a Wisc. newspaper. Any info welcome and appreciated. Darci http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~darci/