Michael: Thanks for the encouragement. I am amazed at how some people accomplish a great deal of research from great distances. I live in SC and work full time, so I depend a lot on what I can find through Internet searches and people just like you who give good advise. Just this week I got a response to a post to the Galveston Website and a very nice lady provided some information on the line I am searching. If it were not for her, I would not know that my ancestor was NOT in Galveston, but in another county in Texas altogether. Now I have a new source of information and can begin to close the gap. I appreciate all that you and others do for folks like me who "get nowhere fast" in their research. Now I am on to the next brick wall. Keep up the good work. I am always thrilled when I read notes of other searchers great finds. I really got lucky this week. Thanks again, Estelle