Hi Kevin: I found the Russel(l) family on the 1861 Simcoe County census for you. Here are the details. Medonte, District #2, Page 18, Lines 7-14: RUSSEL, Richard, b. England, Religion is C of E, age 53, married Mary, b. England, CE, age 48, married Eli, b. England, age 14 William, b. England, age 12 Harriet, b. Canada West, age 8 Mary, b. CW, age 6 Jemima, b. CW, age 4 James, b. CW, age 10 The family are living in a log house and 5 of the children are attending school. Regards, Lynne Kemp. > The family was as follows (with birth years in> > Richard RUSSELL (1809)> Mary Ann RUSSELL, nee WALKER (1815)> Joseph RUSSELL (1837)> Charles RUSSELL (1839)> Elizabeth Kimber RUSSELL (1841)> Edwin RUSSELL (1843)> Job RUSSELL (1844)> Eli RUSSELL (1847)> William Walker RUSSELL (1849)> > Thanks to this list I had a few links to try, and sure enough I find > references to members of this family. The Simcoe County Branch's Settlers > Database is excellent. It has the entire family except for Mary Ann, and I > have no explanation for that.> > _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us