I just found the following information in the 1870 census: ------------------------------------------------ Bedsaul, Hugh 50 VA , Amelia 50 VA , Louisa 22 VA , Alexander 18 VA , Isaac 16 VA , Emmelina 14 VA , Malinda 13 VA , Martin 8 VA ----------------------------------------------- Notice that Isaac is 16....this means he is living in 1870 and was born about 1854. Ok, I've heard of children dying and families naming a later child the same name as the dead one......but would a family name another child the same name if one was still living? If the above information is correct, why, then, does the following information appear in the death records of Carroll Co: -------------------------------- Bedsaul, Isaac, male, d. 26 Mar 1859, age 1 day, infant, birthplace Carroll Co., VA, parents Hugh and (??) Bedsaul, informant Hugh Bedsaul (father). -------------------------------- I have another Hugh Bedsaul in my files but he was but a child himself 1850s. Was there yet another Hugh Bedsaul this Issac could have belonged to? Or did this same family have two Isaacs? Just what is the story here? Can anyone help? Sue Dotson [email protected]