In a message dated 7/19/02 2:07:11 PM Central Daylight Time, Patcoolnet@aol.com writes: > My 2 great grandfather and his siblings are listed in the 1850 Jasper Co. > census as having been born in Ia. I have always assumed this meant > Indiana--a friend disagrees and says it means Iowa as in todays IA > designation. They were born in Montgomery Co--I found out there is also > one > in Iowa, though it was formed in the 1850's. I have a couple of > biographical > snippets about their father that say he was in Indiana after his marriage, > no > mention of Iowa. Ideas anyone? > I found some of my ancestors in the 1850 census listed as Ia and it was Indiana. Of course IA now is Iowa. Rachel