Hi all! Seems to me that we need something to jump-start this list. I am going to start sending info to the list. I hope that something jumps out at you. My own BIRD's could be and are probably BYRD's, but it has been spelled in both ways as well as BURD, so I grab whatever fits phonetically. In census records there are: 1790-1870 Alabama 660 BIRD's 1790-1870 Arizona 7 BIRD's 1790-1870 Arkansas 467 BIRD's 1790-1870 California 148 BIRD's 1790-1870 Colorado 69 BIRD's 1790-1870 Connecticut 138 BIRD's 1790-1870 Delaware 99 BIRD's 1790-1870 District of Columbia 45 BIRD's 1790-1870 Florida 166 BIRD's 1790-1870 Georgia 787 BIRD's 1790-1870 Hawaii 2 BIRD's 1790-1870 Idaho 46 BIRD's 1790-1870 Illinois 563 BIRD's 1790-1870 Indiana 344 BIRD's 1790-1870 Iowa 288 BIRD's 1790-1870 Kansas 103 BIRD's 1790-1870 Kentucky 768 BIRD's 1790-1870 Louisiana 316 BIRD's 1790-1870 Maine 132 BIRD's 1790-1870 Maryland 284 BIRD's 1790-1870 Massachusetts 691 BIRD's 1790-1870 Michigan 454 BIRD's 1790-1870 Minnesota 269 BIRD's 1790-1870 Mississippi 523 BIRD's (mine are from MS) 1790-1870 Missouri 638 BIRD's 1790-1870 Montana 45 BIRD's 1790-1870 Nebraska 16 BIRD's 1790-1870 Nevada 86 BIRD's 1790-1870 New Hampshire 16 BIRD's 1790-1870 New Jersey 943 BIRD's 1790-1870 New Mexico 6 BIRD's 1790-1870 New York 1,019 BIRD's 1790-1870 North Dakota 11 BIRD's 1790-1870 Ohio 617 BIRD's 1790-1870 Oklahoma 1 BIRD's 1790-1870 Oregon 94 BIRD's 1790-1870 Pennsylvania 602 BIRD's 1790-1870 Rhode Island 16 BIRD's 1790-1870 South Carolina 293 BIRD's 1790-1870 South Dakota 17 BIRD's 1790-1870 Tennessee 1,240 BIRD's 1790-1870 Texas 748 BIRD's 1790-1870 Utah 697 BIRD's 1790-1870 Vermont 53 BIRD's 1790-1870 Virginia 1,746 BIRD's 1790-1870 Washington 94 BIRD's 1790-1870 West Virginia 93 BIRD's 1790-1870 Wisconsin 168 BIRD's 1790-1870 Wyoming 48 BIRD's 1790-1890 North Carolina 1,256 BIRD's AIS Mortality Schedules 222 BIRD's These are census indices found at Ancestry.com. As you can see, the BIRD's were all over the US! This doesn't include the other spellings that are out there. happy hunting, Tina Hall thall@netos.com Tina's Family Genealogy Page at: http://www2.crosswinds.net/~thall/ ******************************************** Viruses are like Pandora's Box, if you don't open it, it cannot harm you.