I've been away from this list for a long time. Out of frustration with this family, I've been focusing on other lines. I'm so glad to hear that Best Bill is still here to help! I have an Augustus Perkins living in VT from sometime in the 1840s until death. He was b. 1818-1823 in Quebec. Death records imply [names and birth location are phonetic, I'm sure] that he's the son of Joseph PAQUIN & Julie BOISVERT. Now that Ancestry has connected to Drouin, I've spent hours trying to make this connection [or any other connection...]. Questions: -Joseph and Julie have 2 sons named Joseph b. 1815 [St. Joseph's Maskinonge] & 1817 [Ste. Elizabeth - I think this name is Joseph - hard to read], I haven't found the death of the 1st to be prior to the birth of the 2nd. I'm under the impression that boys were frequently named Joseph [and girls Marie] in Quebec and probably had a 2nd name that they actually used. No 2nd name in listed in the church records. How do I find it? -In the death record of Joseph in 1842, an Augustin Paquin is listed as a "signor" - witness? Does this tell me anything? -I've saved the baptism of the 2nd Joseph as a jpg file. Is there anyone out there who would be willing to look at it for me to tell me if the name is Joseph or something else? -I've never looked at notarial records. Are they really useful? If these people never owned land, might there be some information in those records? Thanks so much for any help! Brenda Perkins ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.