This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carmichael Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Sh.2ADI/1971.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Dan, Thanks so much for the info! I'm not sure if this is my Robert. According to the 1870 census his first child was born in 1863. Maybe Mary was a second wife - the first wife may have died before 1870. Anyway, thank you! Christina Pearson Borden, IN