This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UGB.2ACI/1818.1 Message Board Post: Herman's father is Silas (died 1-10-1873) and he has a brother Edward. See the 1870 census for - Bristol in Monroe, Bedford twp. See 1880 census - name is Bristoll. All the Bristoll's in Monroe cty., Bedford twp. are related somehow. Ida E. Bristoll married Lora A. Palmer on April 20, 1881. He is the son of Dexter Palmer. Children = Orlin Palmer - b. 9-1882, Mi. Lottie Palmer - b. 9-1884, Mi. Elva Palmer - b. 1-1889, Mi. Mary Palmer - b. 9-189, Mi. Herman Palmer - b. 7-1896, Mi. Nellie Bristoll married Wm Green 5-18-1881 in Monroe, Mi. Lura Green - b. June 1885, Mi. Cora Green - b. 12-1886 Try these - US GENWEB SITE http://www.us-census.org/inventory/ 1870 Michigan Census = (Free, indexed and searchable, actual census page) http://envoy.libofmich.lib.mi.us/1870_census/ 1880 US Census – The Mormon Church Files LDS (Free, indexed and searchable) Click on the SEARCH tab at top of page Look for 1880 US Census on the left side of screen http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System (Free and searchable) http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/gendisx/search2.htm Jack & Marianne Dibean – Marriage Index Links = FREE Scroll down page and look for a link “Search the New Marriages” http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/dibean_county.html