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/WUB.2ACI/1319.2.1 Message Board Post: However, the census takers did not always follow this convention. You may actually want to do a wild card search of Franc?s or Fran* to find anyone with this name. Remember, individuals were sometimes enumerated under nicknames (ie: Frank).