This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Zh.2ADE/1864.1.1 Message Board Post: That's it!! Thank-you very much!! Do you know where a person can access state census records on the web? I am looking for these same people and I am trying find out if they were in ILL 1855 & 1865. I was told Ira Allen's parents traveled from NY to ILL & WI they may have been in Indiania, & Michigan much earlier prior to 1860. Their names. Ira Allen SR.& wife Elizabeth (Potter) Allen. b 1794 She later married a William McIntyre abt 1865 to 67. Can't find her on any census with 1st or 2nd husband and I know she was in the states I mention. She is buried in Carroll Co.Feb 12 1878. McIntyre in WI 1876. Can't find 1st husband Ira Allen's Sr. records of. any kind anywhere. Ira and Elizabeth (Potter) Allen children Ira Allen Jr. b VT 1816 some records say NY d WI 1899 1st sp. Rebecca J. Bliss & 2nd sp. Elizabeth Amanda Rose (Can't find d records or birth on Rebecca Bliss, d Sauk Co. WI 1877 her middlename I think was Jane, I found that name on one hr her childrens cert.in WI.) Amarilla Allen b on the shores of the St. Lawrence Rivver, d 73 yrs. 1894 ILL per tombstone (sp Paul D.Otis m ct, 15, 1839 & 2nd sp.Elisha Eymers) Eliza Ann Allen b. 1821 NY d 1888 Sauk Co. WI 1888 per tombstone. sp. Charles Dyson.m Nov 28, 1839 Carroll Co. ILL. he d Sauk Co. WI. Elijah Allen. b. Canada (can't find records or census) d. 1900 per sexton records Carroll Co. ILL. m Susan ST. Ores Dec. 15 1844 Carroll. Co. ILL. Her Mother Charlotte/Charlotta (ukmn) Potter traveled to these areas also with her husband('s) Mr. ? Potter or 2nd sp. Chester Southworth.. Benjrman & Luther Potter are other children. I don't know if you can help me or not, if not maybe some suggestions for me would help. I know this is alot of info. & I am so stuck here. I appreciated your time and thanks again for the the census info. Sheri