Ok. The newest update gets stuck syncing at blocks past 61000, not 61000 exactly -- if I close wallet and reopen, it doesn't sync. If I use the wallet from 9/4, it syncs without orphans now since I have "found" the old stakes. If I use the wallet from 9/18 or yesterday, it doesn't sync in entirety, and if I sync using my old wallet.dat AND delete the blockchain, it creates it's own forks while syncing and thereby creating orphans.

Addition: If I stake on Oct 4th or about there, then I am probably ok, but I need an explorer to make sure I'm not on a fork. Please get a working explorer for us, dev. Thanks