This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Osterman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2FB.2ACI/1892.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I was able to search the 1910 census on the Heritage Quest database. I couldn't find any Lovrencic in Michigan. Misspellings make databases tricky. However, I did find Mark Osterman. He was on microfilm Series T624 Roll 646 page 187, for Calumet Township. The actual census sheet says "District 12, Enumerator District 106, Sheet 31B, by Albert Mickelson." The lines for the family read: Osterman, Mark, head, M, W, 44, M1, 18, .., .., b in Austria (Slovenian), father b in Austria (Slovenian), mother b in Austria (Slovenian), immigrated 1885, Laborer in Copper Mine, ..; Osterman, Maggy, wife, F, W, 39, M1, 18 (i.e. first marriage 18 yrs), had 8 children, 7 still living, b in Austria (Slovenian), ...,..., immigrated 1892; Osterman, George, son, M, W, 13; Osterman, Mary, daughter, F, W, 11; Osterman, Maggy, daughter, F, W, 9; Osterman, Joseph, son, M, W, 8 (I think); Osterman, Marcos, son, M, W, 5; Osterman, Rudolph, son, M, W, 2; Osterman, William, son, M, W, 7/12 (I think)." My grandfather was listed as a "Slovenian" even though he was from Slovakia and, in fact, he was actually a Ruthenian, a small ethnic minority there. So you can't trust that. His last name was also misspelled. Hope that this helps. Greg Andrus