In a message dated 1/17/2002 10:04:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > G.Grandfather Van Rensselael Ensign is listed as being the father of Mary > Ensign born Lansing 1850--does anyone have a listing of this birth with the > mothers name or access to the 1850 census to prove this When I searched, I only found one family of "Ensign" or similar in Ingham Co in 1850 and 1860 - Henry of Stockbridge Twp with no Mary in the household. Also tried all of Michigan and nothing close to Van Rensselaer as a head. Michigan did not require birth registration until 1867. Sally Knudsen Michigan, USA My Family Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~samkfamily/index.html