In a message dated 11/20/2006 9:02:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, adellaholly@yahoo.com writes: Charlotte - remember you saying that the ELizabeth he married was Adams? maybe her maiden name was Adams and she is a widow here in 1860 and named Lawson?? well, so now we have Esom from 1820-1870 - that is really good as most times one does not get all the censuses on one person continuously for 50 yrs!!!! But if many of the names get messed up like Esom/Esau and Esom/Isham then we can see why we do not find soem of them on certain censuses!! Celeste Celeste, Yes that is really good. The only census that I can't search is 1850, because I don't have Ancestry, but I use Heritage Quest through the Columbus Ohio Metropolitan Library. I can use it through the Lima Public Library too, but usually I just put in my card number for the Columbus Library. Anyone who can get a card through their library, can check if they subscribe to Heritage Quest, and you can use the card at home to do research at home. Thanks, Charlotte