This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jh.2ADE/1025.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your information on the name Dana in Ogle county Illinois. However I do not believe it is the family I am looking for. My family was in Ogle county, Oregon Area in the 1840 census. Head of household Michael. A son, Frederick, was born to this family March 24, 1839 according to NARA records for Civil War Disabled Pensioners. There has been a suggestion that there was a name change Dana/Denny so I have been looking under both. So far nothing more than I have stated here has been uncovered. If you should obtain any further information I would be most thankful to learn of it. It is believed these people came from Ireland, but I have yet to prove it as I am still on 1839 as my most early date. Thank you, Adeline