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/oZEBAIB/5176.1.1 Message Board Post: It could be the same family if Clarinda was the daughter of Clarissa's brother. I know nothing of the Russell family. I only know Clarissa's first name getting it from the 1850 federal census for New Albion and getting her maiden name from her daughter’s death certificate in Michigan. I have learned that families and extended families migrated together so there is a very good chance that the two women are related but I couldn’t prove it.