This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Alchin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hFB.2ACE/402.482.2 Message Board Post: Hi Janet, My great-grandmother was an Alchin. Her name was Ellen, and she married my great-grandfather Oliver VanDoren. Have you ever heard of an Ellen Alchin? I do know she was born in Ingham county in 1864. If you could help me let me know. Thank you. Deb