Thanks, Vivian. I tried using soundex, but of course, not everything comes up that way. I'll give "erminger" a shot. Joanne

I think you might consider that Cleveland had another name. In the census, his name is in quotes. None of the other names on the page are. It's possible they hadn't yet named him or this was a nickname. Sometimes babies weren't named for the first few months of their lives. There is a Bert Ensininger in CA. I looked at his WWI draft card. He was born in Jan 1885 in KS. That would be the right month and year, since the 1885 KS census was taken in March and he was 2 mos old. John or Frank may have died. People like this can just be lost in a sea of misspelling. In the 1920 census, Bert is a single lodger, although he was married for the draft registration. Movie picture director. If they were living in Kansas City, KS, I would think that there would be directories that could be helpful. If they were farmers, the best bet is tax rolls. If Hattie ended up back in OH, the others may have been dead. Or have gone with her. When I am really stuck, I do first name searches using birth years or states. The other think I do is to begin to research any family that is around my people. Good luck, Patricia On 5/19/07, Joanne Gaudio <jgaudio@charter.net> wrote: > > Thanks, Vivian. I tried using soundex, but of course, not everything > comes > up that way. I'll give "erminger" a shot. Joanne > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >