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05/16/2004: "1860 Census: Harlach Family"

Friday night, Ancestry.com quietly put the every name index for New York State into the 1860 census. I was able to find the family of Frederick Harlach in the 5th Ward of Buffalo under the name "Frederick Haller". In fact, in addition to the five people I expected to find, I found six others that I did not expect, including an older couple who may have been his parents, which would give me another generation for which I previously did not have names. Unfortunately, they did not record relationship to the head of household in the 1860 census, so more work will be required, but this was a major find for me.

Here is the family I found:

Frederick Haller 35
Dora Haller 25
John Haller 5
Henry Haller 2
Louisa Haller 2/12
John Haller 19
Henry Haller 24
Mary Haller 22
Amelia Haller 1
Christian Haller 76
Mary Haller 57

The first five are Frederick Harlach's family; I'll guess that John and Henry were his brothers, Mary was Henry's wife, Amelia was Henry and Mary's daughter, and Christian and Mary were the parents of all of the above siblings. I'm not going to make assumptions, but it's a good start, and may tie in a Henry Harlach (who also spelled his last name "Harlock") who shows up all over the place and for whom I have not been able to establish a relationship with the rest.