This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3338.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I had the same problem looking for Emmitt. I suspect that Emmitt may be a middle name. It was very common in the Hawkins/Hancock census records for someone to switch from first name to middle name to nickname from census to census. David