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/EgC.2ACE/9582.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I've recently found a couple references to Hotchkiss in the area of Osage County Kansas and nearby before my family reached Kansas. I wonder if these might be related to your famly? 1. From Osage County Marriages at: http://www.kscourts.org/dstcts/4osmrhoy.htm HOTCHKISS CHARLES A. & ROGERS ALMEDA JANE marrried 05/20/1883 record Book: C 0112 2. http://meridian.ldsroots.com/deny.pl?pedigree=Y&ogfn=520800709&redirect_url=ancestryDOLLIE_RUTH_HOTCHKISS~i520800709.htm Charles Ambrose Hotchkiss 10 Dec 1860 - 12 Apr 1912 was father of: Clinton H Hotchkiss 13 Oct 1887 - 9 Apr 1968 who was the father of: Dollie Ruth Hotchkiss abt 1919