This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Becher/Beecher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XY.2ADE/371.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Cari, It was so kind of you to check the Boulder records for me, sadly without success. The problem is that I don't know if I should focus on Boulder or not. I only know it's Colorado. From the perspective of someone going to Colorado in the early 1870s, with no relatives in the state, can you suggest any other places for me to look ?