Linda, Here are all the males born betw/1869-1876 in the U.S. with their states of birth and states of residence as well as place in family (son, gson, etc.) and first name (which it might or might not be). See if you see any of these that you would like me to look up for you and send you the family group for that child; maybe we can turn up something. Often a child's name changed from one census to another, esp. if they were very young the first time; the parents may have changed what they called the child. Let me know if you would like me to try more; these are just the various spellings of ARDEN as a surname. I will do KEMP next. Oh, yes, this also has the race listed,and yr. of birth (which I have found to be several years off in many cases). Only one, Charles, appears to have been born in VA; many of them were in LA as ARDEN/ARDOIN is generally a French name. Happy New Year! Dolores Miller Pringle 1880 US Census Index: ARDEN, Eddie Son <1868> M W OH OH ARDEN, James Other <1868> M W OH OH ARDOIN, Joseph Son <1868> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Joseph Son <1868> M W LA LA ARDIN, Willis Son <1868> M W CT CT ARDOIN, Cesaire Son <1869> M W LA ARDEN, Jno. Son <1869> M W TN TN ARDOIN, Landry Son <1869> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Ozeme Son <1869> M B LA LA ARDOIN, Theogine Son <1869> M W LA LA ARDEN, William Son <1869> M W MA MA ARDOIN, Elexander Son <1870> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Armand Son <1870> M W LA LA ARDAN, B. W. Son <1870> M W TN TN ARDEN, James Son <1870> M W NY NYC ARDEN, Johnnie Son <1870> M W OH OH ARDOIN, Laurent Son <1870> M W LA LA ARDEN, W. A. Son <1870> M W TN TN ARDOIN, Benjiman Son <1871> M W LA LA ARDON, Francis A. Son <1871> M W CO CO ARDEN, Harry B. Son <1871> M W MA NYC ARDAN, James Son <1871> M W TN TN ARDOIN, Prin Son <1871> M W LA LA ARDEN, Robert J. Son <1871> M W MA MA ARDOIN, Archild Son <1872> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Arthur Son <1872> M W LA LA ARDEN, Charles E. Son <1872> M W NY NY ARDIN, Charles Son <1872> M W NY NY ARDOIN, Ciprien Son <1872> M W LA LA ARDEN, Edward Son <1872> M W GA GA ARDEN, John Son <1872> M W TX TX ARDOIN, Achille Son <1873> M W LA LA ARDON, Clarence B. Son <1873> M W CO CO ARDOIN, Eugene Son <1873> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Gustave Son <1873> M B LA LA ARDOIN, Lohnson Son <1873> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Marcelle Son <1873> M W LA LA ARDEN, Willie Son <1873> M W OH OH ARDOIN, Etien Son <1874> M W LA LA ARDOIN, John Baptist Son <1874> M W LA LA ARDAN, Russel Son <1874> M W TN TN ARDEN, William Son <1874> M W IN IN ARDOIN, Zeno Son <1874> M MU LA LA ARDOIN, Alexandre Son <1875> M W LA LA ARDEN, C. Son <1875> M W TN TN ARDEN, Chapin Son <1875> M W NY NY ARDEN, Charles Son <1875> M W VA KY ARDOIN, Damonville Son <1875> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Jean Baptiste Son <1875> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Laurent Son <1875> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Rem Son <1875> M W LA LA ARDOIN, William Son <1875> M W LA LA ARDEN, William Son <1875> M W TX TX ARDOIN, Arestil Son <1876> M W LA LA ARDON, Benedick W. Son <1876> M W CO CO ARDAN, Jno. H. Son <1876> M W TN TN ARDEN, William Y Son <1876> M W AL AL ARDOIN, Fabins Son <1877> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Fadaolle Son <1877> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Jules Son <1877> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Leonard Son <1877> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Louis Son <1877> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Martin Son <1877> M W LA LA ARDEN, R. S. Son <1877> M W TN TN ARDOIN, Treville Son <1877> M MU LA LA ARDEN, Willie Son <1877> M W MO MO ARDOIN, Edwin Son <1878> M W LA LA ARDENS, John William Son <1878> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Mayo Son <1878> M W LA LA ARDOIN, Meronid Son <1878> M W LA LA