You need to join the OH-Census lookup site, that is what they do. addrees to subscribe is [email protected], there are many people to help with this information you need. -- Teddy List Mom for the Grayson Co Ky List, Brady, Vertrees, Ford, Fulkerson,and Commonwealth http://www.kygenweb.net/pd-res/deford.html -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Walter F. Williams" <[email protected]> > This might help. > Walt > > Did any of your Fords migrate from Ohio to Mankato, Minnesota? I am looking > for the parents > > of > > my great grandfather, PHILIP FORD, born in Ohio in May, 1839. I do not know > the city in Ohio. > > I have not located Philip yet on an 1850 census....he would have been 11 > years old at the time. I > > don't even know if there was a census in Ohio in 1850. I did Philip him > living with a JOHN and > > SARAH FORD in Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota in 1860. At that time, > John was 30 > > (born about 1830) and Philip was 21, so they could have been brothers. Have > you come across > > these names? I have not found John and Sarah in an 1850 census either, so > they could have been > > in Ohio then also. I'm curious about the naming pattern of the Ohio > Fords.....how did that work, > > according to what you have found? This may help me find Philip's parents. > Philip named his > > sons > > William Wesley, Charles M., and Paul Herbert. Daughter was Olive Myrtle. He > also had a child > > named Inez, which sounds like a girl's name, but is listed as a male on one > of the censuses. > > Something else that might hold a clue.....my grandfather told one of his > daughters that his > > family's > > last name was originally "FORT". Does that ring a bell? > > > > *************** > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 9:51 AM > Subject: Re: [FORD] John W. Ford of Clay Co., MO. > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Ford, VanHouten, Van Houten > > Classification: queries > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.ford/5530.1.1/mb.ashx > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Don, > > > > I know its a long shot, but I have a g-g-grandfather Jacob Wesley Ford > > born in Ohio. He is the son of Michael Ford (PA) and Rebecca Van Houten > > (OH). The line farther back is fuzzy at best. Do you have the line father > > back than your John Wesley Ford? > > > > Terry > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message