This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Bg.2ADI/276 Message Board Post: The census for the Mesnards in this area is unusually poor. They had been in the first wave of settlers. The census before 1920 does not really reflect family information. I am looking for the parents of Oscar Chapman Mesnard. If the census were complete that would have been the place to find that info. How can I find this information? He was born in IL and most likely Effinghan Co 1-1-1909.