This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/413.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Karen, I have found my ggrandfather Joel Smith on earlier censuses and he was born in FL....but not to the family you mention. His parents were Moses Smith, Jr. and Avy Lewis both b NC. FL Census was in Jefferson Co. Also he was born abt 5 yrs later. Thought this unusual since you had mentioned FL. :-) Donna