Hello, I visited thrift shops and second-hand shops all the time, and I was in one today. A small item I found was a ceramic-tile which had a drawing of a "clipper ship" on it, and the name at the bottom of the tile said, "The Water Witch." I just went on-line to see what I could find and there seems to have been different kinds of ships with that name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Water_Witch_(1851) http://www.portcolumbus.org/exhibits/waterwitch_02_history.php http://www.shipwreckworld.com/articles/the-water-witch-of-lake-champlain FYI sites: http://www.oldandsold.com/articles25/cooper-10.shtml http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/battles-campaigns/1864/640603.html (more sites mention the name) Just an FYI for you. Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. I've been corresponding with the Help Desk about a List I wish to start up, and they told me about a List I did not know about. Perhaps people on this List already know about it: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Immigration/SHIPS_FROM_ENGLAND.html