This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: aurina Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.saintlawrence/16486.6/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 1-mohawk, not mowhawk 2-collate all info and post to franklin county ny also, http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.ethnic.natam.nations.mohawk.mohawknat/mb.ashx 3 -try www.nnyln.net , click on historic newspapers, search carefully, creatively. optical saerch engine confused by blurs, wrinkles, ink blobs, misspelled words. 4 -google frank terrance. seems it was not an unknown name. one of the frank terrances on the st regis was a half breed, one a full blood and a chief. 5- research the history of nys and the mohawks at sites such as www.wampumchronicles.com which has vast amounts of very interesting & informative articles/info/storys http://www.native-languages.org/mohawk_culture.htm 6 be aware, frank may have been christened francis and terance may = terrance , margaret may be maggie, and or mary margaret -catholic priest influence, also. in quebec, women keep their maiden names on official records. in the 1920 census, the girls, katherine and nancy, may well be franks, but the enumerator used the isascs surname. or not. just a thought. 1920 bombay, franklin county, st regis rd, owns house free of mortgage. perhaps the court hose still has records, u could find when it was purchased. Maggie Isaac Terrance 43 b ny to parents b canada, she is a basket maker Frank Terrance 42 b ny ny ny laboer lumber industry Nancy Isaac 15 ny ny ny basket maker Catharine Isaac 8 ny ny ny 1930 st regis res bombay, st regis rd, owns house Margaret Terrance 50 first wed at 16, the whole pg has everyone born @ st regis to mixed blood father, mohawk mother Katherine Isaacs 17 do u have the marriage licence applications for either nancy or katherine? or their soc sec applications? who did they wed, and where? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.