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/DiH.2ACEB/1765.1 Message Board Post: Check US cnesus records for Carsons in Fayette county PA. Carson was a prominent name in the Perry township area (also in Fayette county PA) roughly 100 years ago. you should find a Helen Carson in 1930 data if your mother was born before then.