RESEARCHERS, I am specifically looking for someone who is researching Joshua Brown and Charlotte Morris(on), and lives in or near Philadelphia, Penn. The reason being, I found that the Genealogical Society of Penn, 215 S. Broad St., 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5325 has what is called 'Window Taxes' for 1798. It is a U.S. Direct Tax, nicknamed the "window" or "glass" tax because the levy was based on the number of windows in a house. The window tax lists that survive for the state (which they have both Bedford and Huntingdon Counties) give specific dimensions and building materials used in the homes of the time and therefore can assist in determining whether an ancestors' home dates to this time period. The lists also show acreage, THE NAME OF AN ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER, and other information about the real estate of the time. If one of you can xerox copy the tax information page for Joshua Brown, and his brothers Daniel & James and Possible brothe! r William Brown, it might give us some further clues. Possibly they are connecting property owners, or their neighbors might be the same person. If the Browns live that closely to each other, then surely they are from the same family??? We are all at dead ends here, and anything like this could be helpful. So.....is anyone out there close enough to go there in person? It costs $ 35.00 if you write and ask for research to be done for non-members. But, if you go in person it is only $ 5.00 or your copying costs. I will be happy to reimburse the $ 5.00 for a copy of these Browns. Any Takers???? Thanks, Kathy Wells, down here in Hurst, Texas. Kathy & David Wells 425 Evergreen Dr., Hurst, Texas 76054 rebeltrumpet@sbcglobal.net My Homepage http://www.geocities.com/kathywells2002/index.html Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Tent #1, Texas (Past President & Registrar) http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7706/DUV.html Member of Mayflower Society http://geocities.com/texasmayflower/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------ "History is the essence of innumerable biographies" - Carlyle