This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BATES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4EB.2ACE/282.1 Message Board Post: hi i have a 1865 cenus IN CHATHAM,COLUMBIA from NEHGS VITAL RECORDS 1841-1910 A LUCRETIA BATES WIFE BORN MASS AGE UN READABLE HUSBAND REUBEN BATES AGE 59 IN 1865 BORN RENSSELAER COUNTY,NY FARMER- I HAVE REUBEN AGAIN IN 1850 CENUS FOR CANAAN,COLUMBIA COUNTY,NY THIS REUBEN IS RELATED TO MY GGGGRANDFATHER REUBEN BATES WHO MARRIED TO MARY HALL BATES FROM NY ALSO HIS DATE OF BIRTH BEING 1832 THIS REUBEN DATE OF BIRTH ABOUT 1806 I HAVE FOUND NOTHING FURHTER ON HIM GOOD LUCK HOPE THIS HELPS