This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Allen, Allyn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/7aB.2ACEAE/824 Message Board Post: Sorry if this is a dumb question. I have done a lot of family research, but never in Canada, and have no idea what is available or where to look. Is a Canadian census available for the 1850 era (probably southern Ontario area)? I am looking for a family that immigrated into Sanilac County, Michigan, in the mid-1850s. They purchased U.S. Federal land grants for farming and probably arrived from the southern Ontario area. William Allen, born 1810-11 in Scotland Sarah (wife), born 1822-23 in Canada known children - all born in Canada: William, born 1839 John, born abt. 1845 James, born abt. 1847 Margaret, born abt. 1849