Dear Boyd, You have no idea how many times I have "fat fingered" an e-mail message and either lost it or sent it off before I was ready. Join the club. The new Paxton book which is due out anytime now may have something on your line. I have worked with Millie Paxton and her editor, but have yet to get a completion date. Wanda Rabb will definitely be notified and will let the list serve know its availability and how to order a copy. This is a complete reworking of _Paxtons, We Are One_ from 1904. I will keep your line in mind. Never can tell when something will pop up. Your people settled in Stockton, which is only 45 minutes south of me (by car, not by ox train). I find that quite interesting. warmest regards, Philip Sonnichsen 2073 Orestes Way Sacramento, California Phillip - I fat fingered a couple of keys and sent my previous email before I was finished. My Paxton's stayed more North. If your run accross a John Paxton who married Nancey Shoemaker they were both born in PA between 1814-1817, were married about 1839-40 in Ohio. They started having children on Ohio and then moved on to Iowa, Van Buren County. In 1864 they started out for California by Ox Train, but settled in Stockton, California. Their children were: Caroline Josephine Franklin Ezra Violet Jerome If any of this is familier, please let me know. Boyd Paxton 8319 Terrace Drive Sandy, Utah 84093 801-264-9665 ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== Submit queries, wills, obits, deeds, etc. at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wanda/paxtonmain.html _________________________________________________________________ Share your photos without swamping your Inbox. Get Hotmail Extra Storage today! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es