This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ganote Bottorff Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFB.2ACI/540.1836 Message Board Post: I also am researching Ganote line. Here is 1870 Census information shared with me: 1870 Charlestown Twp. Clark Co. IN p. 187 lists John Ganote age 64, farmer, Maryland Elizabeth, 65, KY (Elizabeth "Betsy" Batorff) Living with them: Mary Young, 12, Indiana John Abbott, 5, Indiana 1870 Charlestown Twp, Clark Co, IN, p. 345 John Ganote, Jr., 49, farmer, Indiana Catherine A., 41, Indiana Sarah E., 18 Virginia Elizabeth S., 15, Indiana Amanda C., 13, Indiana Harriet A., 11, Indiana Laura E., 8, Indiana Florence C., 5, Indiana Ellen J., 2, Indiana Edward Wood, 11, works on farm, Indiana Laura Ganote was my husband's great grandmother. Married Edward Moses Bycroft, Warren Co., Illinois. I have pictures of Laura and husband E.M. "Ted" Bycroft. Also trying to locate more information re early Ganote line.