To all: Is anyone aware of any data missing from the original 1850 US Census, and if not, why would FTM sell an incomplete CD without some form of explanation? Anyone planning to buy, or having just bought the newly-released Family Tree Maker Family Archive CD 453, which is the 1850 Census Microfilm Records for Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, should consider the following information. According to their online literature, this Family Archive, a 6-CD set, indexes approximately 337,000 heads of household listed in the 1850 federal census from four southern states. It includes 123,322 individuals from Alabama, 40,238 individuals from Arkansas, 96,813 individuals from Louisiana, and 76,709 individuals from Mississippi. What FTM DOES NOT tell you in their literature is that CD 453 IS NOT COMPLETE. CD 453 does not contain the full 1850 census for the states noted above. Suspecting that the numbers quoted above are indeed low, I called Family Tree Maker twice in the last four days and was told by one person that the CD is 80% complete, and told by another person that some counties were not included. Neither of these customer representatives could tell me what counties were missing, nor from what state. Any thoughts? Jim