I am fervently searching for information regarding a Joseph Myers / Moyers and his wife Jane both born in Pennsylvania (ca. 1800?) and later moved to OH at least by 1837 according to the census listing as follows. In an earlier listing I noticed someone had posted the German tradition of family naming convention and this appears to be true in my family as well: My Great Grandfather 'Peter' Moyers/Myers was born 'Peter Jackson Myers' in OH in 1837 s/o Joseph & Jane. Peter named his first born son 'Joseph Jackson Myers'. This Joseph, in turn, named his first born son 'Peter'. Hence it is my belief that Joseph's (my ggGrandfather) father was likely named 'Peter'. On another interesting note, it was also a common tradition to give the middle name of the child after the maiden name of the mother. This leads me to believe that the 'Jane' I'm searching for may have been named 'Jane Jackson'. Lastly, regarding this specific family line, the last name was changed from MYERS to MOYERS post Civil War. I know this because Peter's name at time of enlistment in 1861-1862 was given clearly as MYERS. In this 1880 Michigan census is also listed a John Moyers. Does anybody out there have ANY information to add to or clarify these findings? PLEASE? Thx - Thomas Myers 1880 Census Michigan, Calhoun County, Sheridan Township June 9, 1880 ED 62 Page 21, line 43 address 220 MOyers, Peter J. - 40 yr - Farmer - born Ohio, father and mother born Penn Catharine (Holmes daughter of John D., Jacob) - 39 yr - wife - born Ohio, father and mother born Penn Joseph Jackson - 12 yr - son - at school - born Ohio, father and mother born Ohio William Curtis - 11 yr - son - at school - Ohio, Ohio, Ohio Eliza Jane - 9 yr - daughter - at school - Michigan, Ohio, Ohio Arizona - 7 yr - son - Michigan - ohio, ohio Montana Andrew (Mont P.)- 2 yr - son - Michigan - Ohio, Ohio Joseph - 73 yr - father - born Penn, father and mother born Penn Again, it is clearly MOyers on this census. Then on page 22 is John Moyers (maybe a brother ) (?)Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com