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/lEC.2ACE/1048.2.1.1 Message Board Post: LaVon wrote, "So Jane age 13 in school in Canada ..." LaVon, No, Margaret Jane PATTERSON wasn't in school in Canada. I'm sorry I didn't include the column headings for the 1880 census Here's what it means: Jane PATTERSON Dau daughter of head of household S single Female W white 13 age WI born in WI At School "occupation" CAN her father was born in Canada NEW BRUNSWICK her mother was born in New Brunswick >but what year info (b. 1866 then, ??) I'm not sure what your question means. In 1880 she was 13, so was born 1866-67. >Thanks. I hope to some day travel to Lancaster and check birth record books---hope that she could be registered there ?? not to early for a record.??? Margaret Jane PATTERSON's birth is not indexed in "GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN BIRTH RECORDS - EARLIEST TO 1891 (P - R)" (copyright David TAFT and the Grant County Genealogical Society). However, if you want to be sure whether a record exists in Grant County, just call or write: Grant County Clerk 130 W. Maple St. PO Box 391 Lancaster, WI 53813 (608) 723-2727