Lori, First: Was the Samuel Warren or Warren Samuel family living in the town of Huntsville or the township of Huntsville? Lots of boys between the ages of 10 and 12 would work on other peoples farms. One of my grandfathers always seemed to have unrelated boy/young men and girls/young women living with him. They would have helped with the farm work and housekeeping chores for some money. Others would go living with someone during the school week so they could get an education and would do work for their keep. Check Robin's Schuyler County site for more census <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilschuyl> I'll keep an eye out as I put things up on my Schuyler County site <http://www.usgennet.org/~ahilschu> Sara LB2R2us@aol.com wrote: > > I'm realitively new to doing genealogy and to using this forum, e-mail from > county. I can use any info to help me understand rights and wrongs of what to > do. My g-grandfather lived in Huntsville, Schuyler. In the 1850's census he > was living with a family named Warren, Samuel. His name was Harrison Brooks > and he was 10. What reasons would there be for him to be living with another > family? I am having trouble finding all the links for my families, cause I'm > not sure of all the clues on where to look. Is it possible to be researching > to many different branches of familie? Thank you so much for this opportunity > and for all the info that you supply. I'm very grateful for the time and > engery that is taken to keep these sites running. IL has some of the best > for info and ease of using. Thankyou-thankyou. > Lori Brooks Reed