In a message dated 01/03/2001 7:32:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, SLillo8858@aol.com writes: > My Alva was supposed to have been born in Delaware County, NY. Settled in > Binghamton, Broome Co., NY and was a blacksmith; then moved to Cerro Gordo > Co., Iowa by 1860. Dear Shirley: The above sounds like you found him in the 1860 Census. What was his age in that source? Allan