About two years ago I started trying to find out about my Rose family history. To date I have gotten as far as my fathers birth certificate. Not very successful I'm afraid. Based on this document I have determined that my grandfather's full name was Charles Elmer Rose. It lists his age at the time of dad's birth in 1917 as "36". This contradicts what my dad, Raymond Henry Rose, always said about his father, that he was about 90 when he died in 1955. The birth certificate also gives the father's (Charles') birthplace as "VT", possibly suspect information also. I have been unsuccessful in getting g-fathers death certificate, having been sent the wrong one twice now. I do know that g-father died in 1955 and that he was living in Williston at the time so may have been in a Burlington hospital. Dad and his brother, the two youngest, left VT in the late 1940's or early 1950's. The other four siblings were all women so the surnames will have changed and I have lost touch with all my Vermont relatives. Dad's sisters, all born before 1915, were Priscilla, Marian, Dorothy and Vivian. I am certain that Priscilla stayed in Vermont, I visited her home in Burlington many times as a boy prior to 1959 when Dad moved the family to California. Although all of my fathers sisters have most likely passed away by now, there are, I am sure, many cousins of my generation still living in the area who could help shed some light for me but I have no idea of any of thier surnames. I know that this is pretty much a shot in the dark but, one can always hope. I will be traveling to Williston in September to see if I can dig up any facts. It would be nice to know where my gradparents are buried. Any suggestions or scraps of info would be greatly appreciated. Research is difficult since I live about as far away from my birthplace as I could get and still be on the same planet! Aloha, Chuck Rose SV Lealea Honolulu vega1860@netscape.net ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.