>>Later, I decided that his sons had somewhat unusual names....Alexander Finley Smith and Andrew Duncan Smith... I theorized that these boys were named for specific men...so, I researched for those men and not the Smiths..... I found them both is a Presbyterian congregation in York Co, Pa, and there were the Smiths, AND the family of Joseph's wife, Roseanne Baxter, all their baptism & marriage dates, etc.<< Having the last name Thomas puts me right in the same boat!!! I have to do Everything this way. It works, too! Lynn