In a message dated 4/22/03 11:21:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Carol Anne > One can almost say with a degree of certainty. > " Whenever did a census taker ever get the spelling or for that matter a > French name correct in a 1800 ish census " > a Bientot > Jack Langlois > > Yes, Jack, of course you're right but I just might have this figured out. The 1870 census for Kankakee City (pg 113 of Albert Ledoux book) shows the same Jacob with his wife Joville. I'll just bet that is the Jovite PIEDALUE that I found on the IGI records of FHC records. At least it is something to go on. Oh what fun..... Carol Anne