This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Valley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2RB.2ACE/8523 Message Board Post: Sophia, a widow, lived above a store in Ogdensburg, where she was a seamstress, along with her 5 children. Her eldest child was Joseph, a laborer. She and her children appear in the 1880 US Census, and Joseph appears in the 1879 Ogdensburg directory. My Greatx2 grandfather, George Edward, is most likely the son of Joseph, but re-adopted back into the family as Joseph's little brother (his mother most likely an otherwise unknown Chippewa girl). Joseph had 2 brothers and a sister besides my direct ancestor. I'd like to find any information pertaining to Alfred, William J, or Elizabeth. If you've got any information, please pass it my way. I'm currently tracking the little family here: http://www.thevalleyfamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I601063031&tree=fitzvalley Thank you.