This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Scofield/Rainwater/Waters/Bean Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XBB.2ACE/1571.1.1 Message Board Post: Excuse me but I am confused the 1850 census that I have for Thomas Waters age 67 stone mason says MA, and a note saying birth place could be Maryland, not VA for Virginia. Childen in the Household are Elllin Ann, Henry F, John H, Sarah H, Mary C, and George M with wife Elizabeth. I am searching for more information on the family before 1850 because George and Elizabeth's daughter Sarah born in 1853 is my Great Great Grandmother. So exactly what does the census say...Ma or VA?