This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRAINARD/BRAINERD - FOWLER - BLAIR - BURROWS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mFB.2ACE/2685.1 Message Board Post: I too am interested in the Brainard/Brainerd lines in Michigan, especially in and around Eaton county. My great-great-aunt, Cora Burger, is shown in the 1880 census living with Abner Brainard as his neice. I am thrying to figure out how it is that she is Abner's neice. Where is the connection? Please let me know if you are interested in these Brainard lines and I will be glad to share what I have on them.