I am subscribed to this list in a search for TROUT family names in Ohio and have seen the requests for Vanorsdal (or similar) names. Don't know if these are of any interest, but there are several Van Osdel names in Williams' "History of Clermont & Brown Counties Ohio, Vol I", to wit: > p 675:---Mary Van Osdel (sister of Olive Van Osdel born near Bethel in > 1854) is Mrs. J. C. Trout, of Brown county, Ohio. Another person also researching the Trout families wrote to say: ......the census CDs I have do not include Ohio AT ALL after 1850. However, there are 20 Vanosdoll/Van Osdel marriages in Clermont County between 1806 and 1850 so they are an old and prominent family.... Richard Moore, Solana Beach, CA [email protected] Looking for Highland county TROUTs