There was someone looking around for the Crane / Crain outfit a little while ago. No town mentioned, and I don't recall any date approximations, and the name isn't exactly rare. But, anyway, while looking for some people I didn't find at Randolph, in the deeds books, I did notice a Crane / Crain that seemed to be sort of leaking into Randolph from Windsor County, as I recall somewhere around 1810, give or take five years. This is off the top of my head, but I think his seepage may have been out of Bethel. I think it was John Crane / Crain. It's kinda weird. I was looking for a newly found long-lost in-law by the name of Hogaboam at Randolph. Failed to find him, but did see some umpteenth great granduncles Burtch who weren't supposed to be there at all, and one of the land transactions of the Burtchs was with John Crane / Crain -- either that or his place was used as a landmark --, and John was possibly attached to an outfit I had helped someone else with (not related) last year, led by Benjamin Crane but with a mysterious Ebenezer Crane nearby. Small world. This John Crane was evidendly smack dab on the border between Randolph and Bethel, if I recall right, and he did land transactions in Randolph, though he was at least initially a Bethel guy. Ebenezer had a widow Ruth and kids Frank and Don or Dan. Benjamin had a widow Sarah and kids including but not necessarily limited to Amos, Olive (Hamblinton), Anna (Woodward), Abel, Sally (Parrish), Rebeckah(?) (Dunham), and Ruth (Green). And John must have fit in there somewhere, I suppose. The Cranes / Crains of Bethel around 1800 or so were a troublesome lot for researchers. But, it's interesting when they bob about in places where they weren't supposed to be. I've been finding more and more Vermonters making appearances in odd places lately. Lester Powers ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!