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/AEC.2ACE/243.294.1.1 Message Board Post: Sandra, How far back have you traced Samuel and Lucinda in the census records? In case you don't have this, this is what I have.... in 1850 Samuel appears w/mother Lydia, ages 22 and 44 respectively, he being born in VA (probably future WVA) and she born in PA. In 1860, Samuel and Lucinda appear...his age 33 b. in VA; wife, Lucinda is 28 b. in PA; Joseph is 6 b. in PA; John W. is 4 b. in PA; Theodore is 2 1/2 b. in VA; Lydia, the mother is 58 b. in VA. (now for one thing, from 1850 to 1860 is 10 yrs. and adding 10 onto their ages in the 1850 census doesn't add up and secondly, birthplaces have changed from one state to another--but wasn't there a dispute between PA and VA way back when about their boundaries?)..ummm??? In 1870, Samuel is 40 b. in WV; Lucinda is 40 b. in WV; Joseph is 19 b. in WV; Theodore is 12 b. in WV; Slater is 10 b. in WV; Mary is 5 b. in WV... ummm, some birthplaces moved again! Do they know where they're from? John W. isn't mentioned in this one. In 1880, Samuel is 52 b. in WV; Lucinda is 50 b. in PA; by now Joseph is married to Anna and listed elsewhere; John W. is 22 b. in PA; Dora is 19 b. in WV; James is 17 b. in WV; Mollie is 14 b. in WV...now we're back to waffling on ages and birthplaces again..and where to some of these kids come from and where is some of them go?...I'm even more convinced that these people are who I'm looking for...I just remembered that I have a picture of my grandmother's sister, Mary Dora, who went to Texas!! But they sure are leaving me in a confused STATE (no pun, intended). Please email me back if you have anything more to add to this and if there is anyone else out there that can enlighten me, please feel free to do so.