Mari and other HONTS(Z) researchers, I didn't find anything for the above surname in the 1850 Louisa County Census book I have. The marriges I found are as follows. (I have used * to indicate that surname appears in the census, not necessarily that person). Louisa County Marriages Bk "C" p 8 29 Jun 1862 Wm. C. MORSE\ Christina HONTZ (33) Bk "C" p 122 24 Feb 1867 Jacob TEETS\ Sarah Jane HONTS (42) Bk "D" p 191 25 Sept 1870 Francis W. TRADER\ Mary M. HONTS (51) Bk "D" p 19 19 Dec 1870 Geo. W. HONTS\ Alverda TRADER (51) Bk "D" p 252 29 Sept 1871 Simonn (sic) HONTZ\ Sarah J. WHEELER* Bk "E" p 277 1 Jul 1880 George F. HONTZ\ Hannah E. WHEATLEY* 1 WHEATLEY fam. in Columbus City, Hannah not listed) Bk "F" p 284 16 Dec 1885 Jacob HONTS, 27\ Emma SIMONS*, 24 (86) (several SIMONS fam. in Grandview Twp) Bk "G" p 145 25 Apr 1889 Eugene METZGAR, 19\ Elizabeth E. HONTS (SKINNER) ** this is the way it is listed. Checked--no Elizabeth SKINNER listed in m. index nor is one on census. bt Bk "G" p 320 10 Feb 1891 John W. SPIKER, 27\ Mary Elizabeth HONTS, 19 (97) Bk "G" p 380 26 Sept 1891 J.H. HONTZ, 36\ Anna LEAIR (sic), 23 (98) Bk "H" p 581 19 Feb 1898 John BIGGS*, 33\ Anna Louisa HONTZ, 18 (1 BIGGS fam. on cen. listed in Abraham WYGANT house in Wapello) Bk "I" p 24 28 Dec 1898 Sylvanus Stanley HONTS, 26\ Edna Estella SHAFER, 17 (114) Bk "I" p 43 22 Feb 1899 Albert Daniel HONTS, 21\ Rosa May SANDY,18 Let me know if you wish the YOUNG & HUNT marriages. I will no doubt be posting them in the future in any event. Bev