Hi, again, While I'm (not so patiently!) waiting for my film to arrive, I'd like to share a few more tidbits I've gleaned about my WARDs. My mother says her grandmother, Maria Cecelia WARD, was definitely Roman Catholic. This is borne out by the fact that her daughter Marie Antoinette BLACKBURN was baptised Catholic, and Maria's husband, Daniel J. BLACKBURN, was buried by the Catholic church. My mother remembers another daughter, Marguerite Ward BLACKBURN, also being Catholic. On Marie Antoinette BLACKBURN's baptismal certificate, one of the sponsors is "Johanna WARD." As lister Irene so helpfully supplied, there is a family of BLACKBURNs in Bristol, CT, in 1880. This family includes a Daniel BLACKBURN of the correct age to be Maria WARD's future husband. Interestingly, Daniel's MOTHER's name is Johanna. The Johanna WARD who sponsored Marie Antoinette may be a daughter of Johanna BLACKBURN who married a WARD (in which case we'd have a BLACKBURN brother and sister marrying a WARD brother and sister). Or Johanna (the mother) could have remarried into her daughter-in-law's family. Or it could just be a coincidence. (And I'm my own grandma!) The BLACKBURNs are in Connecticut in1884, as that's where the first child, William Ward BLACKBURN, was born. He was always known as "Uncle Ward" in the family. By 1889, they are in Durango, Colorado, as that's where Marie was born. They are still in Durango as of 1895, as Daniel J. BLACKBURN died in Durango and is buried there. In Daniel J. BLACKBURN's probate papers, one Joseph H. WARD is listed as a co-owner of real property with Daniel. I'm GUESSING that Joseph is either a brother-in-law or father-in-law. So, are there any WARDs from Bristol, CT or Durango, CO out there? Meanwhile, I'll be sitting by the mailbox...waiting...waiting... Sioux -- Sioux L. Stoeckle stoeckle@dustdevil.com Town of Penobscot, Maine, USGenWeb host: http://www.dustdevil.com/ppl/stoeckle/ Andrew P. and Olea Larsen Family Web Page: http://www.dustdevil.com/ppl/stoeckle/larsen/WC_TOC.htm stoeckle@cloudccc.cc.ks.us English Instructor, Cloud County Community College Concordia, KS