Hello Cousins, Just found the most informative site on the web. There is a bunch of AKERS/ACRES listed here: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/in/parke/census/1850/pg0207a.txt Had been looking for my George Washington Akers in Virginia or Kentucky or Iowa. Well, I quite by accident stumbled upon him in this census site. Also found his mother living with his family. Wow! Now I know her name (Elinore) and that she and George Washington Akers were both born in Virginia, (according to the census). 8-) Happy hunting, Miss Dee