This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Heck Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oMB.2ACI/642.1 Message Board Post: I found the following at http://www.familysearch.org in the index of the 1880 US census. The family surname is Heck. Not sure if this is your family or not but it was the only America Heck that came up. I abbreviated the data to get it into the post. Name Rel Sex Age B'place Occ. Fa. Mo. Charles Self Male 56 HANOVER Laborer GER HANOVER Sarah Wife Female 46 OH Keeping House OH OH George Son Male 20 OH Laborer OH OH Bellmount Son Male 18 OH Laborer OH OH Ellen Dau Female 15 OH OH OH Jefferson Son Male 13 OH Laborer OH OH America Dau Female 9 OH OH OH Elenor Dau Female 7 OH OH OH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Decatur, Lawrence, Ohio Family History Library Film 1255039 NA Film Number T9-1039 Page Number 23D