:> Trying to trace grandfather through the census. :> :> Known facts: b. 1862, Clinton Henry Co MO :> 1870 Census - Dallas Co TX with parents/siblings :> 1880 Census - not found, parents/siblings found in Hill Co TX. Older :> sister not listed with parents/siblings at this time either :> 1883 - marries, place unknown :> 1900 Census - Johnson Co TX :> 1910 Census - Hill Co TX :> 1920 Census - Johnson Co TX :> d. 1926, Ft Worth Tarrant Co TX :> :> What types of records should I search to find an eighteen year old :> single male? I have done a page/page search of the 1880 census :> records for Dallas Co, Hill Co, and Johnson Co TX. :> :> "Dianne Jones" <jonesn8@attbi.com> My GG Grandfather, born 1854, was not with his parents in the 1880 census either. In my case, searching every page of the county where his mother was found would have turned him up, but that seems not to be the case for you. So I might suggest searching census index sources for him without necessarily restricting it to specific counties. Ancestry.com doesn't have the 1880 census images indexed as yet. But the LDS church has reportedly put up a complete index to this census on their web site for free at <http://www.familysearch.org/> I think it's an every-name index, so perhaps it'll help you. = Steve = -- Steve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama "Steve W. Jackson" <stevewjackson@charter.net>