>I don't wish to sound stupid but what do the numbers after the name >mean, I first thought generation numbers but that doesn't make sense >without a no. 1 It's not a stupid question at all, just a piece of "shorthand" that we've adopted for convenience. We often just assume that everyone begins with Edward-1, so often don't include mention of that generation. Edward-1 had two sets of children, and we have them all pretty well identified. They're the ones with the -2 after their names. It's from them on down that some of the lines get hard to follow really quickly, partly because they tended to settle in large groups in small communities and name all their children similar names -- and then abruptly move to a "new" location, sometimes several hundred miles and two or three states away! Barb is doing an excellent job of keeping track of all the lines and who is descended from whom. But we're all interested in helping to solve the puzzle, and thus we welcome everyone's input. Best wishes! JS List Custodian -- ____________________________ James Shuman, art instructor Modesto High School [email protected] ____________________________