This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HKB.2ACI/1651.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for trying. I was aware of the county changes about that time, that's why I felt I might be missing them. If the census taker skipped them, he skipped several families. In 1880, the name ends up being spelled Hickumbottom. Since it is such a long name, I have even pondered that the census taker may have taken the liberty of shortening it to Higgin...no one checked their work that closely back then. Anyway, thanks again for trying.