Just in case you did not know that RootsWeb is currently involved in a huge project of having Census records transcribed and placed on the web site, I thought I would let you know how to access these records. Go to this URL in your web browser: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/ >From this page, you can select the State you wish to search. From within the State page, you can choose the County you wish to search. Once in the County list, you can choose the year of the Census record. These Census records are being transcribed from photocopies of the actual Federal Census Records. The transcriptions are being done by volunteers as they have the time to do the typing. It is a slow, tedious process and will take months, maybe even years, to complete. To date, most of the States have only a few of the counties transcribed, and for only a few Census years in the 1800's. You should bookmark the above URL and then you can come back in the future to see if the State/County/Year of your interest has been transcribed yet. If there are any users out there with lots and lots of time on their hands, and who would like to do some volunteer work, go to this URL: http://www.usgenweb.org/census/ Scroll down to the section on "Census Transcribers". You can volunteer to Transcribe specific Census rolls, Proofread already completed transcriptions, or act as Technical Support in trouble-shooting the programs used for this project. Any help is appreciated. If you volunteer to Transcribe, you can pick the State, County, and Year unless it has already been assigned. (A very, very small percentage of the Census records has already been assigned.) Regards, SgtGeorge George W. Durman Listowner (P.S. You can also access these records via an FTP program, but it is much easier to use your web browser and read the records right there on-screen.)