This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/4901.1 Message Board Post: I believe you have already the 1870 census Norwalk where he is listed as as oysterman, mis-surnamed Metral The only surname Metrash indexed a Elvan Metrash 1810 census (11th column, which is all other free persons, has a no 3) an Alvan Metrash 1820 census poss your family as they are in Norwalk