After a fellow member (who may take credit and a bow!) mailed me some names in Union Cemetery, Burnett, Dodge County, I was able to revise my family history and figure out that my direct ancestor, John Ball, had gone with his *wife's* father and brother out to Wisconsin from Vermont. I cannot find the father and brother in the 1850 Census, but the names are EXTREMELY common (try Richard and Thomas Smith) and they may have been living in New York or another state between VT and WI. Does anyone have access to the 1855 Territorial Census? From what I have seen it merely lists number of members of household, but my ancestor, JOHN BALL, his father-in-law RICHARD SMITH and Richard's brother THOMAS SMITH are in it, Chester, Dodge County. I'm fairly certain of the composition of John Ball's family, but not certain at ALL about the composition of the Smith families. Thank you and I have, I hope, returned this amazing feat of genealogical kindness at the karma level by staying up until 2.50 am perusing the newish 1920 index to Massachusetts and finding a friend's grandparents and great- grandparents as well as some family members she'd never been able to find (immigrants from Russia). --Amy