HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "One of the tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a brutal gang of facts" - La Rochefoucauld Sue, You wrote: "In the Mobile census he lists being born in GA ( Georgia) but his birth was prior to statehood, so I assume the census wanted to know what state was his place of birth at the time of the census, meaning 1850." I'd say he may well have been born in GA. Go here http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/ga_cf.html to see the formation of counties by year. This site is extremely useful in determining exactly where people were from year to year. Example - a family is in X Co in 1800 but in Y Co in 1810. This map will show you if Y Co was formed from X Co between 1800-1810, telling you that no one moved at all. >From this page you can go to any of the states to follow their formations. Nel