John, Cyndi and the list!! Thanks for the amazing responses - I will give you all what I know about the Charles A SWEET descendents. I was quite aware of the DNA project and so wished there was a male SWEET that I could entice to participate. Charles A SWEET was my husband's descendent. Here is his line: William Emmett BURK, III (my husband), b. Santa Fe, NM m. Christiana B BURK, b. Los Angeles, CA We have (2) daughters, Elizabeth Suzanne BURK and Caroline Margaret BURK Bill's parents: William Emmett BURK, Jr, b. 10 Apr 1909, Louisville, KY, d. 1 Jan 1988, Albuquerque, NM m. Suzanne SWEET, 31 Oct 1933, Santa Fe, NM - b. 17 Jun 1912, Belle Plaine, Benton Co, IA, d. Jun 1977, Albuquerque, NM Their children - William Emmett BURK, III and Charles Sweet BURK Suzanne's parents: Charles Addison SWEET, b. 10 Nov 1881, Belle Plaine, IA, d. 31 Dec 1966, Albuquerque, NM m. Caroline Helen VAN METER 29 Jun 1909, Belle Plaine, IA - b. 8 Jul 1882, Belle Plaine, IA, d. 4 Jun 1964, Albuquerque, NM Their children - Sidney Slocum SWEET, b. 23 Jul 1910, d. 24 Jul 1910, Belle Plaine, IA and Suzanne SWEET Charles A SWEET's parents: Sidney Slocum SWEET, b.26 Aug 1848, N Granville, Washington Co, NY, d. 19 May 1909, Belle Plaine, IA m. Katherine BROWN, 1871, Belle Plaine, IA d. 1872, Belle Plaine, IA m. Emma Nancy RICHMOND, 17 Jan 1877, Lyons, Wayne Co, NY - b. 15 Jul 1851, Lyons, NY, d. Aft 1910 Their children - Sidney Richmond SWEET, b. 4 Jan 1878, Belle Plaine, IA - Charles Addison SWEET and Eleanor Richmond SWEET, b. 22 Sep 1884, Belle Plaine, IA Sidney Slocum SWEET's parents: Charles Addison SWEET, b. 1819, MA, d. 10 Nov 1878, N Granville, NY m. Elizabeth SLOCUM, b. 15 Sep 1847, Washington Co, NY b. 29 Oct 1821, Washington Co, NY, d. 21 Nov 1860, Granville, NY m. Sarah ROWE, b. 1821, d. 1872 Children of Charles A and Elizabeth - Sidney Slocum SWEET, Cornelia SWEET, Lewis Tabor SWEET, Elisabeth SWEET, Anna Mary SWEET, Charles Addison SWEET, and Caroline(?) SWEET Cornelia SWEET - b. 24 Apr 1850, never married, d. Unknown Lewis Tabor SWEET - Feb 1852, Granville, NY, d. 1900 Belle Plaine, IA, m. Catharine RICHMOND, 24 Oct 1894 Elisabeth SWEET - b. Abt 1854, NY Anna Mary SWEET, b. 15 Aug 1856, N Granville, NY, d. 1 Aug 1887, N Granville, NY Charles Addison SWEET, b. 10 Jun 1858, Granville, NY, d. Aft 1909, Omaha, NE, m. Gabrielle HURLEY, 6 Sep 1888, Polk Co, IA Caroline(?) SWEET, b. 1860 Sidney Richmond SWEET, b. 4 Jan 1878, Belle Plaine, IA, d. Unknown, m. Sara Martha FISHER, 16 Nov 1904 Their Children - Jane and Mary SWEET (twins) b. Abt 1913 Eleanor Richmond SWEET, b. 22 Sep 1884, Belle Plaine, IA, d. 8 Apr 1969, Los Angeles, CA, m. Paul W. SMITH Their children - Sylvia SMITH, Paul W SMITH, Jr and Sidney William SMITH I have the references for the above if anyone is interested, and I have uploaded my line to RootsWeb. I feel fairly sure that Riley SWEET was the father of Charles A SWEET, since I have a picture of him which lists him as the g-g-g-grandfather of Sylvia (listed above as Sylvia SMITH). Sylvia was a cousin of Suzanne SWEET. I believe that he really is the g-g-grandfather of Sylvia and Suzanne. Up to now I have not found any males descendents that could participate in the DNA project. If anyone has any additions, corrections, etc, I would love to hear. Chris Burk Albuquerque, NM