Zia, I am curious. I have abstracts of what I thought was all the HAMRICK/HAMBRICK names found on the 1860 Illinois census, and I find no HAMRICK/HAMBRICK in Greene County, Illinois. If you have found HAMRICK/HAMBRICKs on the 1850 or 1860 Illinois census from the part of Illinois, would you post the information to the list so others can see it. Thanks... every little piece helps. Steven A. Bridges [email protected] Zia Crowell Miller wrote: > > Your message is interesting and sound like of the family but I really can't > tell you anything. I can tell you that the Crowell family moved from Lewis > and Wayne COs, TX to Green County, Ill in the 1850 - 1860s. With them were > many other families including Hamrick/Hambrick folks. > > This is a German name and the 'b' is pronounced but not spelled in the > name. It is spelled Hamric, and Hambrick. I believe that you could bank on > the idea that it was spelled differently back when. > > I am going to forward you message to a cousin who has the date base for the > Crowell family and see if she has a Ben. Zia in south Texas >