Barbara, 1870 is not completely indexed at ancestry.com yet. 1860 has 12 listings for REED in Randolph Co-I'm sorry I don't have time to look them all up. I looked at this one- REED, WILLIAM R. State: IN Year: 1860 County: Randolph County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule Township: St.Ony Creek Township Page: 635 Database: IN 1860 Federal Census Index he's 20y bIN, wife Louzana 20y b.IN and dau Reutha(sp) 1yr bIN. Have you found him in the 1880 census yet? There are a couple of possibilities- Logansport, Cass Co, IN, pg.298C, William Reed, 24y Carpenter b.IN, son of Benjamin Reed 53y b.OH and Mary A. 50y b.PA. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "barb brown" <babrown1052@yahoo.com> To: <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 6:41 PM Subject: [INRANDOL] Re: Reeds in Indiana > Looking for my Reed connection in Indiana. From my > ggrandfather William Riley Reed's obit, I found that > he was born 17 Dec. 1856 in Randolph County, Indiana. > He died in 1932 in Moundville, Vernon County, Mo. I > would appreciate any help in locating his parents > names and any other siblings he might have. > > Could you check the census for 1860 and/or 1870, in > Randolph County, Indiana, to see if you can find him > and his parents. > > Barbara