Forwarded from "Somebody's Links," Vol. 4, #3, 30 Jan 2002: o I have several circa 1900 cardstock photographs that have been hidden in an old trunk at my parents' house, the PARKIN homestead in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. One was of a gentleman with a long beard named Mr. HAMMOND (photographer Lothrop & Cunningham, Depot Square, Woonsocket, Rhode Island), who owned a farm on what used to be the Louisquisset Pike in North Smithfield, now 146A, and Walden F. POTTER, age 5 in 1913 in one photo, age 6 in another, a man named Fred POTTER (all from H. Desmarais, 176 Main Street, Woonsocket, Rhode Island), Mr. POTTER's sister (L. G. Moisan, New England Photo Studio). I believe the POTTER family lived around Union Square in North Smithfield. I also have pictures of relatives: Richard ASTIN (34 Broadway, Taunton, Massachusetts), Emma ASTIN with large hat, Emma ASTIN as a young woman (not a studio), Emma ASTIN as a young woman (Miller, 30 Broadway opposite P.O., Taunton, Massachusetts), Emma ASTIN's family consisting of parents, two boys, and four girls including Emma -- I believe her maiden name was PARKIN but no one seems to know -- she is just my grandfather's Cousin Emma. I also have a picture of Charlie SMITHERS, Uncle Charlie (BALDWIN)'s cousin, (Starr, 803 South Water St., New Bedford, Massachusetts) and Merrella SMITHERS (W. Kozorek, 907 Acushnet Ave., New Bedford, Massachusetts), who is in the picture with my grandmother, Ida (BALDWIN) PARKIN, and an unknown woman. If you can claim any of these pictures, I'd be glad to talk to you. Please put the surname reference in the subject line. Joyce Parkin Meleleu Please reply directly to mrnglry@earthlink.net