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/SRB.2ACE/11782.2 Message Board Post: I finally found SILAS in 1870 shortly before he died he is listed as WARK in the index, No wonder he was hard to find *(Silas is the perfect age to have served in the Civil War but I find no data for him ) But reading the actual image is TRASK SIlas is 37 has no job, listed as VERY INFIRM Clarissa is 35 Ch CORINTHA, 13, CLAUD 9, MAUD 6 and JESSIE female 2 His brother is AUGUSTUS and he lived right next door in 1870 has a big family , looking at the handwriting, it could pass as WARK from a glance in 1880 census there is ANOTHER SILAS TRASK here wife Clarisa or similar name , living in Hanover, no kids in house Dee here is how I found them; NEVER give up Claud Wark Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861 Age in 1870: 9 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: Busti, Chautauqua, New York