In a message dated 10/9/01 12:14:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, caudle1@ivillage.com writes: > Checking the Alabama Census Index for 1870 I found a possible ancestor but > information was not found on actual census film. Are there missing pages? > Sometimes the pages numbers are in error for the following reasons: There are often 2-3 page numbers, applied at different times, on the originals. They may represent numbering each page and a second time numbering each set of pages and making them a and b. Different indexes use different numbers. Sometimes it helps when I can't find people to double (or half) the page number given. I always go a couple of pages either way when I read as well. Michele