Since I posted, I found more info on my LA Brooks family. I found a researcher who has more detailed information which connects Franklin Brooks, 1830 Census, with the rest of the family. Here is what I found: The Franklin Brooks of the 1830 Census is Benjamin Franklin Brooks, dob 1 April 1796 in LA (I believe he was probably born in NY, not LA), son of Uri Brooks, possible son of Joseph and Miriam Wright Brooks. The dob for Uri Brooks is 8 July 1759 born in NY. Chris, could this be the Erastus you were talking about, and the census taker wrote Uri instead of Eri which might have led the researcher to think his name is Uri or Uriah instead of Eri or Erastus? There is an Eri Brooks, age 26, in the 1850 East Baton Rouge parish census, a farmer, probably son of Phocian. The father of this Brooks-LA family Uri or Eri's date of death is 25 August 1822 in Baton Rouge, LA. According to the researcher, he was married to a Hannah (LNU). The researcher shows Benjamin Franklin Brooks siblings are Phocian Brooks, dob 1794, death 9 May 1835 in Baton Rouge, LA, and Uri Brooks (I don't know if his name is Uri or Eri). I have copied the family of Benjamin Franklin Brooks listed as Franklin in the 1830 Census, and it is nicely detailed. He married Lodoiska Fulton after 1820 in LA. Among his children, the names are Gaphino Brooks (no birthdate on this one...problem), Adolphus Brooks, Oliver Brooks (listed in the 1850 census as a Wheelwright), Benjamin Franklin Brooks III, William Duff Brooks, Joseph Chapman Brooks, Eliza Ann Brooks, Rebecca Sophrina Brooks, and Sophia Angelina Brooks. The 1850 Census list a Ledcia Brooks, 27 yrs. Old (I think the age is wrong...I have seen ages incorrectly written in other LA census) born in SC, as head of household with Benjamin, William, Chapman, Eliza, Rebecca, and Sophia living there. I have their date of births if anyone is interested. All of his children were born in East Baton Rouge parish, LA. The deaths of Phocian, May 9, 1835, and Franklin, November 9, 1847, explain why they would have shown up on the 1830 census and not the 1850. Franklin's children continued to live in the Baton Rouge area, but I am still researching this family. I am curious...where in NY or possibly NJ would Erastus and Hannah have lived? Perhaps, this is where I could find the births of my Hannah and her siblings. Let me know if I have left out anything needed... Nancy