Littleton Bradley did the hardest part in transcribing the 1850 and the 1860 Macoupin County Censuses. We think we are doing WORK by taking his transcriptions and just fixing them up to put on the web. We are very very lucky to have those censuses already transcribed. Littleton and his wife Vivian spent many hours, days, months trying to read the old and in many cases really faded handwriting of census takers. For Macoupin County Genealogy, Littleton has paid his dues. Note the books he published for Macoupin and especially Virden Township, his home area. Macoupin County, IL Original Purchasers of Land $8.00 ppd Macoupin County, IL 1850 Federal Census $8.50 ppd Macoupin County, IL 1860 Federal Census $20.00 ppd Virden, Illinois, 1860 Federal Census $5.00 ppd Virden, Illinois, 1870-1880 Federal Census $8.00 ppd Virden, Illinois, 1900 Federal Census $8.00 ppd Virden, Illinois, 1910 Federal Census $9.00 ppd Virden, Illinois, 1920 Federal Census $10.00 ppd Virden, Illinois, High School 1883-1983 $7.00 ppd Virden, Illinois, and Vicinity Obituaries Volume I 1881 - 1885 $7.00 ppd Virden, Illinois, and Vicinity Obituaries Volume II 1886 - 1889 $9.00 ppd Virden, Illinois, and Vicinity Marriages and Anniversaries Volume I 1881 - 1885 $6.00 ppd Virden, Illinois, and Vicinity Marriages and Anniversaries Volume II 1885 - 1889 $8.00 ppd So, if you have some type of card and a stamp laying around which would do as a Thank You note, drop Littleton a note and tell him thanks for giving Gloria Frazier permission to use his 1850 and 1860 Macoupin County censuses for the Macoupin County website. Order a book from him. Ask him about your Virden area ancestor. I know he would enjoy a note from a Macoupin researcher. Or, give him a call. Littleton P. Bradley 6109 East Anaheim St Mesa, AZ 85205-8309 Phone: 602-985-7276 Gloria ------------------ Gloria Frazier Macoupin County ILGenWeb County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/macoupin.htm