This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: judiepclark Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.montgomery/1158.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found very common on the census records especially in the counties along the western boarder of Indiana. The census taker wrote IA for Indiana. In 1850-60 IA must have been a common abreviation for Indiana, but today's transcribers used today's abreviation and put them in Ancestry as Iowa. Looking at Montgomery Co. if would appear that a good portion of the people residing there were all born in Iowa, when in fact they were born in Indiana. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.