Carol, Thanks for answering my previous query, I have another...Do you know where I can find an index for the census? My Great Grandmother should have still been a child at the time of the 1850 census. Her father was Jean Helaire Vessier, Jr. and her mother was Mary Harriet Robertson. I just don't know where in Alabama they lived. Any directions will be happily taken. Thanks again, KaCee KaCee, You need to be prepared with as much info as possible before asking for a look-up. A county, town, her husbands name is an absolute necessity unless she was a widow and head of household. 1850 index only shows the name of the head of household. Carol Hello, I am new to this list and I "think" that my Great Grandmother might have been born in Alabama but I don't know where. Is there a census index for the year 1850 I could check to see which county she and her family was in? Thanks for your help KaCee