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/gFB.2ACE/1291.1 Message Board Post: Check the 1870 census for "Christian Howell" (61), wife is Catherine (56). There are other children there. Further down the page is Christian Jr. Howell. By 1880 the name is Howald. Use these for searching - 1870 Michigan Census = (Free, indexed and searchable, actual census page) http://envoy.libofmich.lib.mi.us/1870_census/ 1880 US Census – The Mormon Church Files LDS (Free, indexed and searchable) Click on the SEARCH tab at top of page Look for 1880 US Census on the left side of screen http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System (Free and searchable) http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/gendisx/search2.htm Jack & Marianne Dibean – Lansing Michigan Marriage Index Links = FREE Scroll down page and look for a link “New Marriages” http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/dibean_county.html