In a message dated 03/23/2001 5:29:55 PM Central Standard Time, gavegan@swbell.net writes: > I have tracked my ancestor back to Henry Hancock who was born about 1798 > (not sure which state possibly VA, NC, SC or GA). He married and had > several children. Problem lies in that the 1850 census for Baldwin > County, GA The wife listed in the census was married to him in 1843. > All 8 of the children (Charlotte, George, Augustus, Sarah, Amanda, > Marcus, Elizabeth & Henry were born between 1824 and 1841. > Where does the 1850 census say that Henry, and the children were born? If you know what years Henry was in a certain place, via where a child was born, you can search the deed records which, sometimes, gives the wife's first name. Also, many times, transactions were made between a man and his father in law. Julia