Dear Listers - I am totally overwhelmed by the response I have received to my plaintive little request. I know that genealogists are helpful people but I could not have dreamt what would have come my way. Maps, newspapers entries, census entries (they were listed as Keepworth on the 1880 census which is why I could not find them), burials, obituaries, wills etc - certainly enough to advance me a huge amount in my quest for the Hepworths. I now know that Samuel's granddaughter Nellie married Calvin Y. NOBLE and I am tracking this family. Nellie was possibly Calvin's second wife as he was 20 years older than she was. Samuel's daughter Emma (Emily?) appears to have married a RITCHIE (and died in Florence, PA) in 1904, and I will chase up this family. However, I would still be delighted to receive any further info. on any of these (or related) families. I must specially thank the following for taking the time to do some research and providing me with information. Ron McKinney James Hindman - these two are (separately) distant connections of the Nobles. Coincidentally James had been in Palmerston North in 2005. Louise Stanzione who did heaps of research, and not least the the Butler County Historical Society who were also extremely helpful (and have sent me the Hepworth wills). You are wonderful people. I will no doubt be back to the list still seeking to find a blood relative (who would be my 3rd cousin). I work as a volunteer at both our local Family History Centre and the genealogy section of our local city library. If any one on the list needs any New Zealand research done it would be my great pleasure to try to repay your efforts on my behalf. Just e-mail me. With many thanks Joan Barnes Palmerston North New Zealand