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/oRB.2ACI/359.2 Message Board Post: I found information on Ezra Firth who married Rachel Emerson in Salem,NJ in 1813. I think this connects to Horatio and may possibly be his parents. The "E" in the middle names of all the Horatios stands for Emerson. I also found info on an Ezra (Gibbs) Firth born in Salem in 1798. Do you know anything about him? I'm wonderin if he is the one who married Rachel. Have you ever checked the Census Records using microfilm? I've never done this and wonder how I would go about it. Can it be done from a county library, or do I have to go through the state or federal government? Any information and/or suggestions would be appeciated. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Linda