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/wd3.2ACIB/689.1 Message Board Post: I have a gg grandfather named Maurice. He was 66 when he died in 1901. He lived most of his adult life in Michigan, but I believe he was first of my family to come to America (before 1871) Does this sound familiar? Good luck, Mike