This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YNJ.2ACIB/267.415.422.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Debra, You are correct for too many reason to discuss here that a Native American would not appear as an "Indian" most likely on a U.S. Census prior to the 1900 U.S. Census unless living on an Indian Reservation.