> You must remember that up until 1847, Saline county was part of Gallatin. > That's why Daniel is in the 1840 Gallatin Co Census. Also, sometimes people > talk to the census taker that don't have all the facts. The census then has > faulty info. Another thing, people don't always report there correct age. My > grandmother was go for that. What bothered me was not finding the right > marriage records. An answer to that may be Hamilton Co. If Joseph was living > in the northwest part of the county where Moses lived, he may have married > in Hamilton Co. Hamilton co is hard to get records on line. The state wide > database does not have Hamilton co in it. Did you see the one record, where he gave his birth place as Canada? You may never find another peice of info with that in it :-) Even if he wasn't born there, could be he was having a conversation with the enumerator about where his parents were from. You just never know.... These sites are getting bigger every day.... go here for Hamilton county research... http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5807/ http://www.carolyar.com/Illinois/HamiltonCounty.htm 1880 Ham census is currently underway....lot's done.... Best Regards, Trev