In a message dated 8/30/00 5:45:28 PM Mountain Daylight Time, VTFRANKL-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << name(s). The marriage certificate identifies him as =93M.A.=94 Carpenter= , the Bill of Divorce as =93Mirra A.=94 Carpenter and my father=92s birth certificat= e as =93Maynard George=94 Carpenter but I believe these to be the same person. In additi= on, I have a listing of grave stone inscriptions showing M.A. Carpenter sharing= a stone with Ira E. Greenwood in row 24B, stone No. 16 in Hillside Cemetery= , Richford. This listing shows his date of birth as 1858, which correspond= s to his age on the marriage certificate. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I suppose this is farfetched but I will send it anyway. I assume you are referring to Richford, VT, in your query. However, Carpenter and Maynard are both names found in SW Waushara County around Hancock, Coloma, and (I think) Richford, Wisconsin. Quite a group came to this part of Waushara County,Wisconsin, from the area around Richford, VT, in the 1850s. I think that Hillside Cemetary is the name of the cemetery in Coloma, Wisconsin. I could easily check that out if it proves to be of importance as I will be in this part of Wis. doing genealogy in September. Barbara in Alberta, Canada