I had been having a very frustrating session on the ancestry censuses last night at the LDS, when someone mentioned that the 1861 was available. I immediately put in one of my names, Thomas Fewsdale. I expected several hits but only got one, my man living alone at 25 Stanley Street. I tried two more, my g-grandfather, Fred C Naylor - found him. aged 10 mo., pins down his birthdate as I've never found a GRO reference, and then John Craven and found him. So three for three :-) However, in general, I find the ancestry censuses very irritating. I don't think it is simply a case of poor transcription. In some cases I can find people (among many others) using the ranked search but entering the same data into the exact search returns no hits - so the transcription must be correct but the exact search process must have problems - or else I'm not giving it the right information. I hoped with more experience I would become more successful but last night's experience suggests the opposite - the 1861 successes notwithstanding! -- Harry Dodsworth Ottawa Ontario Canada af877@freenet.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------