Sandi I am going to respond to you but also to the list because I think some other people might like to know the same information. The Tyler Public Library does have the 1870 Madison Co, GA Census so I have started copying there. For convenience sake, I made copies of about 8 pages and brought them home - I am still working on them so you can see I haven't gone very far. I think that will get too expensive so I will probably just copy it there by hand and then bring it home and put it into my computer. The USGenWeb Project has a really wonderful software program called CART that you can download once you have made a committment to copy a county. When you put it into that program it is completely searchable by the Archives Search Engine. You can order microfilm of the census records from several different sources - one being the National Archives. The nice thing about that is that you can take them to any library that has a microfilm reader and use them. At least that is the policy where I live. I live very close to the University here so when I was copying the early Madison Co Census Records, I bought the microfilm and took it out there to be copied it. If you are lucky and have a microfilm reader then you can do it at home. Also S-K Publications has also offered to give their books to anyone who will copy the census and put it in the USGenWeb Archives. You can find out all about this on the USGenWeb Project Page http://www.usgenweb.org/census/ The Georgia Census Page is: http://www.usgenweb.org/census/states/georgia/georgia.htm Another thing you can do to help when you live far away is to put your documents in the USGenWeb Archives. Bible Records, Obituaries, Newspaper Articles, Wills, Deeds, Pension Records, Cemeteries, Church Records - anything that will help to place people. I have put several items in and I have had some wonderful response from people who are looking for the same ancestors. Many times they have a piece of the puzzle that you don't have. This is the web site for the Georgia Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm - and don't forget to look at Madison Co! http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/madison.htm We need to build it up so it will be the best county archives in Georgia! All you have to do is save it to text and submit it. If you don't know how - this should help. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsmith/archfile.htm Until later! Mary Love Berryman http://www.tyler.net/mlb/ -----Original Message----- From: Sandra and Larry Franklin <franklin@choicetech.net> To: Mary Love Berryman <marylove@tyler.net> Date: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 2:49 PM Subject: Census >Mary, First of all, thank-you for your two cents. Second of all, how >does one go about copying census records for way down there? I would >like to expand my horizons as well as contribute something to Madison >County. I live in SD, but if you could tell me how to go about getting >information for this kind of work, I would be grateful. Research has >gotten in my blood and I would like to be able to help somehow. Thanks. >Sandi > >