Hi List- My first posting; I am looking for information about an Hungarian or Yugoslavian immigrant who lived in Summit Co., Ohio and served in the Ohio State Congress as a Representative, I believe. 1930-1956??His name was John Smith. Representative John Smith. John Smith was married to Elizabeth Tolson (Toulson/ Towlson sp?). John and Elizabeth Smith moved to Maryland where he died in the 1960s and she in the 1980s. But his name wasn't really John Smith! It was Liptay (Liptai, Lipte, Liptaj sp?). I don't know if John was his real first name, maybe Janos, Janos Liptay? There was a John Smith listed in the 1930 census of Summit Co., Ohio, single , 34 years old, b:1896, and from Yugoslavia. I don't know if that's him or not? but if it is he probably got married in Ohio. They were Catholic. I read about a John Smith running on a Socialist Party ticket for public office, and a Hungarian Socialist movement, but I don't know if he was the John I'm looking for or not? Elizabeth Tolson -Smith was very interested in Asian art I've heard and she may have died while traveling, but her residence was in Maryland. Maybe she was from Maryland and that's where they were married? They probably got married in the 1940s, like 1948 maybe? They sent their boys to a Catholic boys school, Xavier, I think, maybe in Kentucky or Ohio?? There was a Liptay that entered the Country at Baltimore in 1907, but Janos Liptay was crossed out and Yaniko or Janiko scratched in? Maybe that was the kind of incident that got his name changed to John Smith? John Smith must have had a lot of support to run for public office, like other Liptay family members, and he must have been educated and able to speak English and have money and idealism or whatever it is that makes people want to run things. Two of John and Elizabeth's great grandchildren are my grandchildren, they are extremely beautiful and smart. So John and Elizabeth probably were too. If anyone is researching any Liptays or Tolson's or Smiths in Summit Co., Ohio, or nearby counties, or has access to county records regarding the representatives of yore, i would certainly appreciate help. Thanks, Brenda.