Thanks for offering to look further, Linda. Spare time is something you probably don't have much of. Maybe I should let Reuben rest for awhile. I'll pick on one of his brothers instead. Thanks also for your advise of how to find a family that may have mis-indexed. Carolynn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Murray" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] 1870 Unknown Co./Harrison > No, Carolynn, not at all unusual. I've even gone to the original census > pages in the archives and examined them page by page looking for folks I > knew to have been in the county during specific census years, and have found > not only families missing but in some cases entire communities. > > One trick that works (occasionally) when a family was not skipped but > mis-indexed is to check for the families living on both sides of their > household during the previous and following enumeration. If you can tell me > who Reuben's neighbors were in 1860 and in 1880, I will check to see who was > living nearby those folks in 1870. Or - just tell me where they were found > in 1860 and 1880 and I will check when I have time. Still - Reuben with the > railroad, they may not have had the same neighbors for very long at a time. > > Linda in Georgia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "carolynn" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:57 PM > Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] 1870 Unknown Co./Harrison > > > > Well, heck! Was it unusual for families to be missed in a census? What > are > > some of the possible reasons for that to happen? Thanks for taking the > time > > and trouble to look, Linda. > > I really appreciate it. > > > > Carolynn > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Linda Murray" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:31 AM > > Subject: Re: [AL-CEN] 1870 Unknown Co./Harrison > > > > > > > I also do lookups for MS and TX and have your requests on those sites as > > > well, but didn't find him indexed in any state in 1870. I also searched > > all > > > states for Lucy and Laura with the same sorry results. > > > > > > Sorry I wasn't able to help. > > > > > > Linda in Georgia > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "carolynn" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 10:36 PM > > > Subject: [AL-CEN] 1870 Unknown Co./Harrison > > > > > > > > > > Looking for REUBEN B.(R.B.) HARRISON b. <1838> in GA., Wife Lucy and > > > daughter Laura. > > > > Lucy also b. abt. 1838 GA., Laura b. abt. 1867 in GA. > > > > Reuben works for the railroad. > > > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > > > > To transcribe a census please volunteer at > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/map.htm Or contact Earnie > > > Breeding at [email protected] for the state census > > transcriptions > > > for AL & TX > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > > > To Unsub from digest mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to > > > [email protected] (Remove the XX and replace it > with > > your state abbreviation ) > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > > To Unsub from digest mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to > > [email protected] (Remove the XX and replace it with > your state abbreviation ) > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > To view completed census transcriptions online > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >