This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lhanks1 Surnames: Boyer Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.fairfield/1420.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Like the many others who responded to you, I have nothing concrete to offer. I tried many different things (probably duplicated much of your efforts) and so far nothing. However, when I was looking at the Eli Boyers who were in family trees on Rootsweb's WorldConnect, I was struck by the Eli Boyer b. 1831 & d. 26 Oct 1856 which fits the time period your Eli seems to disappear. He is in 5 trees, 3 posted by the same person in different years (the most recent being 2008), another posted in 2008 but he indicates he copied the information from another tree so wouldn't have any idea of sources, and one other posted in 2003. No sources given except for the one who indicates the information was copied. None of them have a marriage for this Eli. His parents were from Muskingum Co., OH but by 1850 they were in Iowa and Eli was with them (birth place given as Ohio). I do know, from some of my research, of people who moved from Muskingum Co. to the Violet Twp., Fairfield Co. and Truro Twp., Franklin Co. area. Maybe this Eli came back to Ohio, maybe not, but if you can't find anything in Ohio this may give you another avenue for research. If you think Eli and Julia may have divorced, the following book might be useful to you: Franklin County, Ohio Divorces before 1870 ... abstracted by Donald M. Schlegel. Published Columbus, OH; Columbus History Service, 1983. 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.