Thank you Randy, for your suggestion. I think the military census was done in 1861 or 1862 and was of men who were of a certain age (able to fight). I think the 1855 and 1865 census were done by the Sate of Illinois and included all head of households in the state. I have just found out about all of these census, as a result of my posting about my family, so this gives me leads for future research. Life has been too busy lately for me to do much research, but I will keep this information for the future. Thank you for your response! Janis On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:06:47 +0000 crainrs@comcast.net writes: > Janis, > > I do not know if is the military census but the 1855 and 1865 > Illinois State Census are available through the Illinois State > Archives. There are several counties together and the cost was > $20.00 per roll. I have looked at both at the library in Mt Vernon, > Illinois. Some of the counties are very hard to read if you can read > them at all. They only list the families by numbers and age groups > not individual names. What each IRAD has is on line at the Illinois > Archives site. I was there last week and again was told if you know > what you want they will copy and mail it to you for a small copy > fee. > > Randy >