This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kratz Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HZB.2ACI/488 Message Board Post: I am on a fishing expedition, looking for the John Kratz family who arrived from Germany in the early 1850s. They appear in Lorain Co OH during the 1870 census (which lists several children born in Ohio), but I have as yet been unable to locate them in 1860. If someone has access to the 1860 census for Erie Co OH, I would very much appreciate a lookup in hopes my Kratz family turns up in your county. Thank you.