This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gift, Welch, Asher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zJB.2ACE/1631.1.2.1.1.1.1.3.1 Message Board Post: Mark: I have found a good candidate for your Daniel Gift in the 1860 US Federal Census for Kansas Territory (Allen County). The record for the family is spread across the bottom of page 21 and the top of page 22. Household 162, Family 162 Lines 38-40 William Asher.....41....M......Farmer......Indiana Sarah " " .........30....F.......Housewife..Ohio David Gift............61....M......Carpenter...NC page 22 Household 162, Family 162 Lines 1-2 Daniel Gift..........14.....M.......................Indiana Thomas Gift.........9.....M.......................Indiana The next family on the list is Abner Welch.....does that name ring a bell in Charlotte's family? Hope that helps. Brian Hoffman