Hi Karen, Couldn't remember if I think you or not and wanted to be sure that I did. Thanks. Z Thomas Anderson wrote: > Another thought: Remember that all of these mailing lists have archives, so you can do a search to see if anyone has ever sent a query on that name. > > I believe the Url is http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.html > > Or try http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ then click on maillist search and type in the exact name of the list, such as INKOSCIU (it may also require the -L. Haven't used it in awhile, but if one way says no match found, try to alternate one.) > > Karen > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 7:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [INKOSCIU-L] Re: LASH surname > > In a message dated 4/11/99 8:22:39 PM Central Daylight Time, Zeta Moore > writes: > > << I am trying to find the parents of Margaret C. Lash, born Jan. 1840 in > IN (do not know where). > > Found her & sister Marie/Mary (b 1843 in IL) for the first time in the > 1850 IL census living in the home of James and Margaret Bryant. > > When I checked the 1840 IN census, this is what I found: > > Philip Lash in Kosciusko Co............. > John Lash in Kosciusko Co.............. >> > > Hi Zeta, > > I think we may have communicated before. Philip LASH is my gggg-grandfather > and John is his presumed brother. Philip had no daughter named Margaret. > John did have a daughter named Margaret, however, she was born Jan 1, 1836 in > Wayne Co., Ohio (d. Oct 1854). I don't know her middle initial. Not likely, > but is it possible that you have the date and place wrong? Both Philip and > John lived in Ohio before going to IN and there were several LASH families > that stayed in OH. > > In 1840 there were LASHes in other IN counties. Have you checked those? > There were LASHes in Noble, Johnson, Clark and Wayne counties. The LASHes > were a prolific family as were many back then. If you have been reading the > LASH-list, you have seen how confusing it all can be. > > There were several LASHes in IL also. My own gggg-grandmother Susannah > Stecher LASH, wife of Philip, died in McLean Co., IL. That might be another > place to look. Also, have you checked land records? There were several > LASHes listed on the ILL federal land records database. > > I do not know of any connection to the BRYANT family in my LASHes. [ yet ;-) > ] > > Do you know anything more about Margaret besides her birth info and sister's > name? Maybe more clues would help other people recognize her. Your best bet > would probably be on the LASH-list. Just keep posting periodically--new > people join all the time. > > I don't know if I was any help--but good luck. > Evan O'Hara > > ==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE, address your email to [email protected] (or [email protected] if you receive the digest) > > ==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== > Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb site http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm