This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BGB.2ACI/438.2.1 Message Board Post: Mr. Kerwin, Thank you for your prompt reply and suggestions. The 1880 Census indicates Elmer J. Rowley was born in 1862. The one I am seeking was born in 1849. We have only three references to him. The 1850 Census of Scipio Twp., Hillsdale County (he was seven months old); His signature on land records in 1867; and a cryptic note in my grandmother's hand on the back of a photo, "Elmer half brother." This Mary's age does not agree with other information I have on Ebenezer's wife. We have confirmed from other sources that In 1880 "Eb" and his family were living in Muskegon, even though they don't show in the census. The Dibean Marriage data base has been very helpful in other areas, not this one. Gendis is not very complete. If you have any other suggestions I will gladly entertain them. Thanks again.