Hi - I'm still on here! I'm trying to get all my messages cleared so I can unsubscribe, but that isn't happening. My g-g-grandfather - yes, is Charles, who married Mariah Vanderwater. My g-grandfather was William. I know very little about the Iowa families - I was from Indiana and my mother was from Iowa, and she died long ago, so I learned very little from her side of the family. Most of what I have learned I have found out by myself - and those people in the photo album with no names have remained a mystery to me for about 35 years. I, too, am anxious to sort the family out. I have found that several of the ancestors lived in Paris and were quite influential. Do you have cemetery records for Charles and Mariah? I assume they stayed in Dutchess Co., with the children being the more adventurous. I will be sure to contact you as soon as we're back. Thanks - I'm very excited, too. I've been on the New York GenConnect and found several leads. Sasha