This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UEB.2ACE/476.2 Message Board Post: Well..lets look at the census stuff a little... In 1870 Horace and Hannah and Sewell are all together as you'd expect to find them so no reason to post that one...a door or two away is a John and Lorena Dunlap, about 10 years older then Amos... 1860... Amos Dunlap, 41, ME Hannah 39 ME Harvey, 17, ME Samuel 15 ME Henry 13 ME Sewell 9 ME Laforest 5 ME right next door is this family... William Dunlap 65 (?? the age is a little tough to read) ME Mary 55 ME Sanford 21 ME Horace 17 ME Mary 16 ME citation:Year: 1860; Census Place: Ripley, Somerset, Maine; Roll: M653_452; Page: 0; Image: 469. Now that sort of weird huh ? William at age 65 or so would seem a better choice for a father...but no way to know for sure from this...by the way, in the 1870 census this William was still alive living with is son Sanford I can find no OTHER Horace in ME... In 1850 Amos is still in Ripley...Hannah is there along with children James, Samuel and Henry. Again, there is NO Horace of the same age as the 1880 census suggested... ok...last piece for you... at the following page ther eis a contatc source for Dulaps in Somerset County,...perhaps that person has more info for you... http://www.rootsweb.com/~mesomers/surtable.htm good luck ! Dale