Hello to the list! I have posted a few times and read all messages religiously. I am impressed by the work some of you have done and posted for the rest of us to check out. Want to hear my "tale of woe"? I have no record of my GGreat Grandfather Fowler, no given name, no date of birth, only information on census records that he was born in NY. There was a Bible once, but it went where "all those good old family Bibles' go" at some point in time. I have made an educated guess that he was probably born in 1801 to 1810, most likely had the first name of George, and was in Willoughby, Lake Co, Ohio in 1842, when his son, Ezra, was born. Yes, I have checked the census records for 1840, 1850, and 1860 in Ohio. Nothing that will work even in my imagination. I believe there are more George Fowlers' in that birthdate range than John Smiths' and I have ardently pursued most of them until I totally disproved their relationship to our family. I know even less info about my GGreat Grandmother Fowler, no given name, no maiden name, no date of birth, only information on census records that she was "born at sea" coming to America from Scotland. I have made an educated guess that she was probably born in abt. 1810 to 1820, based on the year of Ezra's birth. I have checked so many Scottish families for similarities in circumstances or areas that I am impressed with the richness of the Scottish influence in the settling of America, but I have not found anything that I can nail down as mine. I found Great Grandfather Ezra Lonzo Fowler enlisting for the Civil War from Painesville, Ohio. in the 105th Ohio, which was formed at Ashtabula, Ohio. I have Ezra tracked and documented (1870, 1880, 1900, 1920) until his death in Wichita, KS in 1927. I have checked more Fowlers' of that time frame than the name "George". I researched any Fowler of those areas and time frames that had names that were used in Ezra's family. (Edward, David, Albert, Andrew, Charles, Robert, and William, and daughter Mamie). That is my story and I am stuck with it! Darline Fowler Smith