This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Francis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hFB.2ACE/1728.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My Francis family came from either New York or Canada. Louisa per the census was born in New Jersey. They moved to Ohio then Michigan & finally settled in Ingham Co., Michigan. I haven't come across any of the family in or from Illinois.