The responses to my request have been overwhelming and I think that I have replied to every person who volunteered help. A lot of hours must have been taken up in transcribing and typing Census details . Many brick wall came tumbling down. I hope that my helpers will not mind if I mention especially Ruth Ann Ballard who was able to answer my specific request for information on the 1850 Census in Farmers Twp, Fulton County. It is a salutary lesson in not taking for granted the transcriptions of others. I had information that, on page 18 dwelling 18, there was a family of JAMES and ELIZABETH CARRISON, born England, and 9 children, born between 1828 and 1849 in IL. Many had tried to fit them into the Carrison tree, but I knew that it could not possibly be the emigrant James they thought it was!! Working from the England end, I knew that this family just did not "fit" anywhere. It turns out that page 18 is unclear and cannot be scanned easily. Ruth Ann was able to show conclusively that the family was in fact JAMES and ELIZABETH CAMRON, born KY, all the children details being correct. Searching the LDS site, 1880 national census and IL Statewide Marriage Index, I found the children marrying in and around Fulton County. It was indeed CAMRON or CAMERON. How "KY " had been mistaken for "England" is difficult to work out! Best Wishes to all Listers. Ron Kerrison in a wet and windy Yorkshire, North England.