This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Heredeth / Heredith / Alsbury / Henry / Tucker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1998.1.1 Message Board Post: I checked the book again and it does not look like it could be Hildreth to me. There are two names on the same page and the writing is easier to read than in some other locations; I am pretty sure it is Heredeth. The only family I’ve found with a similar surname was that of William and Melissa Heredith on the 1850 Sangamon County census. Their family was residing within a few dwellings of at least two other households associated with the Alsbury and/or Henry families. William Heredith was born in Ohio ca 1830…. (right area, right time). There was no Nancy or Julia listed. The two Heredeth names in the book are Nancy and Julia – based on the appearance of the hair, I think Nancy was an adult; Julia may have been her child. I cannot be absolute, but there is reason to believe both of these hair samples were entered 1862-1866. I strongly suspect, based on other patterns, that Heredeth is Nancy’s married name and that she is a descendant of Charles and Jane (Henry) Alsbury –either a child or grandchild so her maiden name could be almost anything. Alternately, Nancy could be an older child or a grandchild of Thomas and Phoebe (Ashbrook) Tucker; based on her position in the book, that is less likely, but not impossible.