The IA on the census does stand for Indiana. Several of my relatives that I know were born and lived continuously in Posey County had IA as their birthplace. Harriette ============================================================================== Hoisington Family Web Site <http://www.genweb.net/~hoisington/index.htm> Sumner Co. KS <http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/sumner/index.html> Kay Co. OK <http://www.rootsweb.com/~okkay/okkay.htm> SURNAMES: HOISINGTON (w/28 variant spellings) anywhere, HATFIELD (OH>IN>IA> KS>OK), HARDIN (MO>OK), DAVIS (Posey Co. IN), MORRIS (KS), COMBS (KY,IN,KS,OK, CA), JONES (Brown Co. OH), PERKINS (VT>IA>KS>OK>TX), LATHAM (MO)