This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carpenter, Porter, Peed, Reed Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2AC.2ACI/1617.1.1 Message Board Post: Dan, Thanks for the reply. Yes the reason I didn't say where my John Carpenter was from in New York is just that I don't know. On the census records it only says he is from New York. You have given me some great info though. I never know about the New York Vermont land swap. Once again thank you! Jim