Thanks Michelle, That's not them -- but I had looked closely at that family also because there is some similarity with names and Henry's age. But mine were born in St Neot, Cornwall -- and the rest of the family doesn't really match up. However, I should mention also that this Henry Sweet had 1 sister and 7 brothers. The sister (Patty) went to NZ, one brother (Daniel) stayed in Cornwall, one (Joseph)went to Devon, -- leaving William, John, Thomas, Charles and David for whom I haven't been able to account. (All born St Neot, Cornwall, bet 1813-abt 1828 to William Sweet and Mary (Ede) Sweet). They may have died or -- as far as I know, one or more of them may have come to the US in that 1840-60 period. To further complicate matters though -- there is a different (not related at least for a few generations back) Sweet family from St Neot that was also emigrating to the US. But, in any case, I am also interested if any one has a Cornwall born Sweet from that period that they can't trace, or knowledge about any of those brothers. And, of course, -- I'm still wondering where Henry's family was in 1850 Thanks! Dawn __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com