Hi List, I don't get much time to work on my own genealogy because most of my spare time is spent driving from Wasaga to Toronto 5 days a week and also working on the Simcoe Site but now and then I put my head to the grindstone. I find genealogy like a crossword puzzle, you put it down for awhile and then pick it up and everything seems to fall into place. I went through some old emails from Cathy Wagner that date back to 1999 and along with that and finding a book online at "Our Roots" called "Adelaide Township, a history" I came across a bonanza of information. I was actually looking for info on my George Burdick instead ran across 3 pages of info including 2 pictures of his wife's family Lydia Stevens on page 376, 377 and 378. The following is what I found to make me believe this is my family: "Lydia (1827), fourth child of Samuel and Ruth, married George Burdick, who was born in the United States. They were in Delaware Township in 1852, with a son, Charles, aged three. George was listed as a blacksmith. In 1871, George was a blacksmith at Keyser. This occupation appears to have moved the family throughout the local area." Every thing fits into place, dates, religion, occupation and area. What I would like to know is: 1. Is anybody on the list researching the Samuel (1786-1860) and Ruth nee Granger ((1799-1876) Stevens/Stephens line in Adelaide Township, they had 12 children of which the 4th was my Lydia. 2. I would also like someone to check the 1861 census for me for Lydia and George, I know according to a death notice that when she died she was survived by 4 sons (names not mentioned), however I know that one was John Burdick who I descend from, so what I would like to find out if Charles who was 3 in 1852 was with John in the 1861 census and another son named Samuel Westerly, not sure of the name of the other son. Cheers Wayne Cook http://www.waynecook.com (A History Television Approved Site) Host for the Simcoe County Genweb site at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml Ontario, Canada Host for the Parry Sound Muskoka Genweb site at http://www.waynecook.com/parrysound.html 1. Historic Plaques of Ontario 1,588 Plaques online http://www.waynecook.com 2. The Canadian Query Boards at http://www.waynecook.com/bulletin.html 3. Tombstone Territory (online gravemarkers in Simcoe County) http://www.waynecook.com/Tombstone_Territory.html 4. CHAT at http://www.waynecook.com/chat.html