I'm hoping (fervently) that someone has come across the parents and/or siblings of my Absalom Frazier, born about 1828-32 in or around Ohio. The first confirmed date I have of his existence is 17 Nov 1853 when he married Catherine Dill in Randolph County, Indiana. The family lived there in 1860, but moved sometime before 1870 to Iowa (Des Moines County in 1870 census, Louisa either before or after 1870). They were in Washington County, Iowa by 1885. A little note I'd made said he had brothers living in Louisa County. If true (and that's still a big if), a brother could be Elliot Frazier son of Alvis Frazier. Does anyone have information on my concrete-enforced brickwall? Absalom has been a dead end for 30 years! Christina PS he is NOT the Absalom Frazier born about 1828 in Kentucky--that one is still living in Kentucky in 1880.

You can narrow down when they moved a few ways that I know of. Look for them in the Iowa State Census of 1865, which I am searching for right now. The other would be to look for a land sale in the recorder's office in the Randolph County Courthouse. That's pretty easy to look for, they are in date order in big books. I have noticed in some papers locally, that when a family sold out and moved it was put in the paper, now that you would have to look through the local papers available through the Indiana State Library. Another thing is to look for them in the 1865 wall map of Randolph County IN. I did find them in the 1885 Iowa State Census living in Washington Ward 3, Washington Township, they adopted a little girl according to that, she was born in Washington Township, Frank age 17 born in Louisa Co Iowa, and Bert age 15 born in Louisa Co as well. Have you done a page by page search for them in 1850 census for Randolph County in the same township you found them in 1860? The museum has a different index for that year (1850), it lists every Frazier grouped together, it was done locally, so you might find his parents through that index if he moved here with them and still lived at home, which could be if he married in 1853, you never know when you will have a breakthrough. Andrea -----Original Message----- From: inrandol-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:inrandol-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Christina Wilson Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:49 PM To: undisclosed recipients: Subject: [INRANDOL] Absalom Frazier I'm hoping (fervently) that someone has come across the parents and/or siblings of my Absalom Frazier, born about 1828-32 in or around Ohio. The first confirmed date I have of his existence is 17 Nov 1853 when he married Catherine Dill in Randolph County, Indiana. The family lived there in 1860, but moved sometime before 1870 to Iowa (Des Moines County in 1870 census, Louisa either before or after 1870). They were in Washington County, Iowa by 1885. A little note I'd made said he had brothers living in Louisa County. If true (and that's still a big if), a brother could be Elliot Frazier son of Alvis Frazier. Does anyone have information on my concrete-enforced brickwall? Absalom has been a dead end for 30 years! Christina PS he is NOT the Absalom Frazier born about 1828 in Kentucky--that one is still living in Kentucky in 1880. ******************************** Please Visit The Randolph County INGenWeb Project http://www.ingenweb.org/inrandolph/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sorry, I see that ancestry doesn't have a census record between 1860 and 1870 for Iowa, I just figured they would, but a lot of odd years are on there, just not helpful ones for you. Bummer, Andrea. -----Original Message----- From: inrandol-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:inrandol-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Christina Wilson Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:49 PM To: undisclosed recipients: Subject: [INRANDOL] Absalom Frazier I'm hoping (fervently) that someone has come across the parents and/or siblings of my Absalom Frazier, born about 1828-32 in or around Ohio. The first confirmed date I have of his existence is 17 Nov 1853 when he married Catherine Dill in Randolph County, Indiana. The family lived there in 1860, but moved sometime before 1870 to Iowa (Des Moines County in 1870 census, Louisa either before or after 1870). They were in Washington County, Iowa by 1885. A little note I'd made said he had brothers living in Louisa County. If true (and that's still a big if), a brother could be Elliot Frazier son of Alvis Frazier. Does anyone have information on my concrete-enforced brickwall? Absalom has been a dead end for 30 years! Christina PS he is NOT the Absalom Frazier born about 1828 in Kentucky--that one is still living in Kentucky in 1880. ******************************** Please Visit The Randolph County INGenWeb Project http://www.ingenweb.org/inrandolph/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message