Thanks, Jim, for reminding me about passport and immigration information. I have a book about the National Archives but it has been loaned out to a lady at work for over a year now. I will check out the web page and see if I can get the info from it. I think in the case of T.W. House and maybe Charles Shearn, I might have some luck in this area. I know for a fact that T.W. House went BACK to England for part of a year. His children went to school over there, so wouldn't they all have to have had passports? He and his wife were born in England but his children were all born in Texas. I'll write more later. I know I said I'd write LAST Friday, but it didn't work out, so I'll try again this Friday. I'm supposed to work 4 - 10 hour days and have every Friday off, but it ends up I'm away from the house about 12 hours or longer every day, M-Th. When I get home, get dinner and clean up, I only have a little time for this. Then I'm so behind I have to catch up on the weekends - with housework and emails and whatever else comes up. It's a never-ending cycle it seems. And I never seem to be able to take time to get myself organized. Oh well, enough complaining. At least I CAN work. I'll talk to you again soon. Marianne >NEW GENEALOGY PAGES AT NARA > >PASSPORT APPLICATIONS >http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/passport.html