I dug up an old email which has the costs of each year of the census. If we did them all, 1830-1920, it would cost almost $2000. That would take 100 of the "family" members donating $20 each. We have about 150 "Gen-Kids", so we could easily do them all. What we need to decide is 1) Do we definitely want to do this? Last time we took votes, transcriptions & images were pretty much tied. As I recall images won by about 10 votes? 2) Which year do we want to start with? 3) How do we want to collect money? We can either donate to them, but this has to be at least $20. If you send to me, then I can make my car payment--OOPS!, I meant, I could save it until we a $20, or until we have enough for a census. Which ever you prefer. Don't worry, I'm my Sunday Scholl class treasurer, & I threaten all the time to make my car payment with that money too! haha 4) Any other questions--Please ask! Here is the approximate cost per census image: 1830 - about 100 pages (about $75) 1840 - about 80 pages (about $60) 1850 - about 170 pages (about $128) 1860 - about 170 pages (about $128) 1870 - about 280 pages (about $210) 1880 - about 320 pages (about $240) 1900 - about 430 pages (about $325) 1910 - about 520 pages (about $390) 1920 - about 500 pages (about $375) http://www.skpub.com/genie/censuscd/ga.html for more information. Please note, too, that nothing is done with a credit card until the full order is in. I'm checking on money orders or check routes! Also, this doesn't take up our space. It's a USGenWeb project. A CD is given to each one that makes a donation of $20, & A CD is given to the USGenWeb for them to put online. Here's some examples of what they look like: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/il/crawford/census/1820/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/page/census/1840/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/yolo/census/1850/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ar/mississippi/census/1860/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~gasadh/Census/Cherokee/1870 http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nd/foster/cen1900.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/co/rioblanco/census/1910/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/co/rioblanco/census/1920/ Love ya, Momma Walton <>< For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:21