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/kQB.2ACIB/2605 Message Board Post: Hi. I am searching for the unknown father of my ARMSTRONG line. The information I have is from the 1880 census for Lawrence Twp., Lawrence Co., ILL: Isaac MANSFIELD Head age:31 b.KY Mary D. MANSFIELD Wife age:30 b.OH(second marriage for her...she was married to the unknown ARMSTRONG first). Cora MANSFIELD Dau age:9months b.ILL Dolly ARMSTRONG Step-Dau age:10 b.ILL(she was also known as Haley Mae) Thomas ARMSTRONG Step-Son age:8 b.ILL Clinton MINARD Other age:13 b.ILL(brother of Mary D.) Robert H. MINARD Father-In-Law age:61 b.OH(father of Mary D.) The unknown ARMSTRONG is born in OHIO or TENNESSEE according to 1880 and 1900 census information. I looked at the actual image of the 1880 census and Robert H. MINARD'S last name could be something else. It was quite hard to decipher. Thank you to anyone who may be able to steer me in the right direction. Margaret