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/YYB.2ACI/790.1.1.2.1.2.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Shirley, Just a reminder that the census info, including state of birth, was only as good as the person at home providing the information. Many times it was a teenage daughter and the birth place of her parents was only a guess, most often in the state currently lived in. Don't entirely discount a potential lineage because of this, just keep searching for other documentation.