This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bronson, Steel, Wyatt, Murphy, Nicolson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2FB.2ACI/933.937.1.1 Message Board Post: Sometimes thank you, just does not do enough to say how much your going the extra mile to help me find our lost Great Grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Bronson. The 1860 census was the key. Her mother was Deborah Ann Steel, who married Oscar Bronson. From what you sent I can tell this is our line. Sarah E.'s mother was written as Deborah Bronson born in N.Y. We know that our Deborah was born in Hunts Hollow N.Y. Also your census showes a Charles O. age three. The O probably was for Oscar, His, I think was his(then dead) fathers name. I think he was dead because he is not mentioned on the Census as head of house. Deborah was listed as female, farmer, born in N.Y. I will follow these leads. I am sending for Sara E. (Elizabeth's death certificte in Calif. Just wanted to share the joy we feel because you went the extra research mile. Oh the dates seem to be in the right time frame.