> I am trying to track a relative who is listed in the 1850 census in > Boone Co., MO. Among his neighbors are siblings, parents, cousins. > By 1860 the extended family is dispersed to 3-4 neighboring > counties, and I can find everybody except my guy. I am confident he > remained in the area past 1860. He does not appear anywhere in the > ancestry.com index and I have browsed the census pages in the > communities of his relatives to no avail. So a few questions: what > percentage of people might have been missed by the 1860 census > takers? On the chance he was no longer in the area, what percentage > of people are omitted in ancestry.com's index? Any clues on how to > proceed? > > [email protected] Susan, you might just have to do it the old fashioned way - page by page. Whenever I can't find someone in the index (which is actually pretty frequently) and I have tried spelling variations, etc., then I just start going page by page. Yes, it can be pretty tedious, but I have found several people that way. However, sometimes, for whatever reason, they just aren't there to be found! Good luck! Ellen in AK [email protected]