I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving holiday! The following was sent to me by a friend who had copied it from an "Ancestry Newsletter." I tried the first URL listed below and it worked fine for me. Delaine Census of Arkansas 1840 > This is an index to the 1840 Census of Arkansas, the first Federal > Census taken after Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June > 15, 1836. Information in the Census includes, where available, the > name of the head of the household, city or county of residence, > number of free white males and females by age group, number of > free colored males and females by age group, number of persons > in each family employed in mining, commerce, manufacturing and > trades, etc., pensioners for Revolutionary War or military services, > schools, and the number of persons over 20 who can't read or write. > Bibliography - McLane, Bobbie Jones and Inez Halsell Cline. An > Index to Fifth United States Census of Arkansas, Fort Worth, Texas: > Arrow Printing Company, 1963. > To search this database, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search.asp > OR > http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/recent.asp