Dear WRG, I've been searching for quite a while for an Arvilla Whitney, b. circa 1862 in New York. I found a very interesting family this week in Norforlk, St. Lawrence County, NY. From a transcription of the 1870 U.S. Census, I find the following: WHITNEY: Paul 49 b. VT Farmer Jane 38 b. VT Keeping House Gertrude 14 Note: Idiotic Jessie 12 Arvilla 10 James 7 Robert 4 Cornelius 2 Does this family ring any familiar bells to anyone???? Other Whitneys listed are as follows: Page Line Name Age 503A 7 Abner D. 18 713A 39 Andrew 30 497A 5 Asa 43 560A 34 Augusta 32 497A 6 Bedoria 42 526B 6 Benjamin 56 519B 5 Betsey 54 506B 39 Clisha 65 503A 4 Daniel 59 560A 36 Elizabeth 25 520B 30 Elmira 16 754B 1 Elsy 82 404B 23 Emeline 27 404B 18 Emma 24 560A 32 Ephraim 65 649A 11 Etta M 10 497A 7 Evaline 14 404B 24 Fredie 3 404B 19 Hiram 61 404B 22 Isaac H 27 404B 25 Ivan Nillie 3/12 505B 15 Jonah 25 560A 35 Louisa 30 503A 5 Louisa W. 49 520B 29 Maria 42 404B 20 Marilla S. 58 505B 16 Mary 20 560A 33 Mary A. 61 526B 7 Melissa 50 503A 6 Millin A. 25 404B 17 Newton P. 26 649A 10 Sarah B. 72 Robert - There are also a lot of WARDs in these pages - let me know if you want any information on them. Have a good one everyone... Lyn Whitney Anderson