The 1840 census will not tell you the names of family members, just head of household. -------Original Message------- From: cbetzing Date: 06/13/05 17:05:32 To: HENRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HENRY] Could some one do a lookup for Branch Co. MI. 1840 Census ? Could anyone do a lookup in the 1840 census for Branch County, MI. Girard Township of the below person. I am trying to see what his children's names are. TIA Clayton pg103a line 27 Henry Daniel Branch County MI. 1840 CENSUS ==== HENRY Mailing List ==== Use Subject-date-place for queries Ex. William Henry- 1812-1875 WVA M. Mary Ellen HORN on 5 Aug 1845 ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

In my experience in checking census records, they DO list everyone who was living in the home at that time, including the head of household. The only instance that you would not find a name is if a child was under 6 mos. It was usually because the parents had not named the it yet. "celticspirit@peoplepc.com" <celticspirit@peoplepc.com> wrote: The 1840 census will not tell you the names of family members, just head of household. -------Original Message------- From: cbetzing Date: 06/13/05 17:05:32 To: HENRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HENRY] Could some one do a lookup for Branch Co. MI. 1840 Census ? Could anyone do a lookup in the 1840 census for Branch County, MI. Girard Township of the below person. I am trying to see what his children's names are. TIA Clayton pg103a line 27 Henry Daniel Branch County MI. 1840 CENSUS ==== HENRY Mailing List ==== Use Subject-date-place for queries Ex. William Henry- 1812-1875 WVA M. Mary Ellen HORN on 5 Aug 1845 ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx ==== HENRY Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from Mail Mode send a message to: HENRY-L-request@rootsweb.com [HENRY-D-request@rootsweb.com for Digest Mode] that contains (in the body of the message) ONLY the command unsubscribe.Subject line: Unsubscribe ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx