This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XZ.2ADE/1435.1 Message Board Post: Dear Jean, The 1850 census is the first census to list all the family members by name. I checked the 1850 Census for Preston, New London Co., CT and found this family on page 21, roll 49: William Story (37 or 57?) a farmer. Phebe ", 29, William, 9 Thomas 4, David Woodworth 34, laborer Ellen Brenman 23, (They didn't list women's occupation in 1850) Page 129 In Norwich, CT William 35 P. Boat Hand Hannah 24 Harriet 14 Thomas 13 Female 10 ------------- Deb Tajmajer, Volunteer for Census Lookups Center For Connecticut Studies (Public Welcomed) http://www.easternct.edu/depts/ctstudies/