Tammy, I believe the niece [daughter] is named Cora rather than Cosa. The last name Langus does seem unusual, but in 1880 there are 15 by that name and each census year after more than the preceding years. You might also look for "Langers" or 'Sangers" as in looking over the 1880 census page, many times L and S are the same or similar and there seems to be no consistency to how the enumerator formed the letters. Going back to the 1870 census there is an Almina Palmer, age 18, b. NY living in Catskill, Greene Co., NY in the family of Oliver and Henrietta Palmer. There is another Almina Palmer in Oneida Co. but she is too old, age 37 in 1870. There are four Alminas in 1900 in Chaut. Co. but none the right age. Hope this helps, Betty Malesky Member APG, NGS, NEHGS, ISFHWE, GVGS Green Valley, AZ "He alone deserves to be remembered by his children who treasures up and preserves the memory of his fathers." Edmund Burke, 1729-1797 ----- Original Message ----- From: <jtreynolds@verizon.net> To: <NYCHAUTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 12:07 PM Subject: [NYCHAUTA] Almina Langus? Maybe a different name than Langus? > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Langus/ Palmer > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/12146 > > Message Board Post: > > Hi.. I have the name but no other leads..and it's not a very popular > name.. maybe someone else can decipher it differently than the census > listings online did.. it is for Almina Langus in the census record 1880 > Hanover, Chautauqua, NY she is living with Benjamin Palmer states she is > his sister and she has a daughter it says Cosa b. 1880. Any other tips or > just plain anything would help.. trying to get somewhere in a round about > way but hoping it will help! Thanks Tammy jtreynolds@verizon.net > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >