This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/289.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Censuses and cemeteries, too. I sent email with those yesterday, but yours was one that went to a bad email addy [email protected] so I dumped it. Here's an approximation of what I pasted on the email. Here are the *2* Burdick households at Barry County 1850: 1850 U.S. Census • Michigan • Barry • Rutland p 3/5 John Burdick 36 farmer Canada Frances 26 NY, Charlotte 8 MI, Dorrance 6 MI 1850 U.S. Census • Michigan • Barry • Barry p 4 & 5/12 Daniel Burdick 32 farmer - all born NY Hannah 30, Meyer/Meyou? 10 male , Henson? 9 male (carryover page) Mary BURDICK 7 NY, Benjamin 3 MI Sarah H-or-Kauffman 14 OH Whoever John belonged to, perhaps the family was temporarily over the NY line into Canada. You'll probably like this http://www.burdickfamily.org/ About DORRANCE - it's a surname. One of mine married one of those, too. Perhaps that is Frances' surname, eh. There's this Dorrance at Barry Co, Hastings Vill. on 1850 census. You'll like this site too: http://envoy.libraryofmichigan.org/1870_census/NextPage.asp?ComingFrom=SearchInputForm George F DORRANCE 29 Jeweler from NY Let me know if anything works. I probably have more stuff around in my notes because of that location, time and surname. I was particularly looking because my Yankee Springs Willsons picked up a given name of Burdett, the original English spelling, later 19th century. So I suspected that either the wife of Ezra who's an Etta A UNKN, or the wife of Claud was a BURDICK. Also that a pair of siblings married into the line earlier.This bunch was quite traditional with given names, know what I mean?