This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pR.2ADE/1464.1.1 Message Board Post: I do have the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 census. The real confusion comes in when I looked at the microfilm of original church records. They list a Mary Iler, born Jul 1882, but the census doesn't list Mary; it lists Luther born Nov 1882 (church records say he was born Apr 1882). In fact the Church records for Mary say she died 1919, but the 1900 census lists a child Mary born in 1897! I don't think they would have 2 children named Mary both alive at the time, do you? Unless one went by a middle name. The 1900 census also lists a Willie, born Feb 1892, but church records list Robert H born mar 1892. The census says lula was born june 1884, but church records say oct 1884. The church reccords also show another child of Lewis and Martha, but the name is smudged or torn, and unreadable. This child was born nov 1886, but the census doesn't list one that would fit. But Nellie was born March 1887! So obviously, either the church records are wrong, or the census info is wrong! Which should I trust??? I am hoping someone will have first hand info about this family. Lewis is the brother of my husband's great grandmother. Thanks for any help or suggestions.