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/SRB.2ACE/7583.3 Message Board Post: I wonder if this Emil is my ancestor. He was born in approx. 1847 in France and came to America, ending up first in NY, then eventually MI-where he died in 1925. I believe from a census record that he came to America in 1860. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.