I just found that out unfortunately Rick. It sure does make things much harder! Thank you for your offer. I guess I'll have to come up with some other idea? Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Waggener" <sequoia@pacbell.net> To: <KYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 1:58 AM Subject: Re: [KYJEFFER] 1840 census > I have access to the 1840 census on-line at ancestry.com. I would be happy > to do any kind of lookup. The 1840 census was not all that helpful. The only > name given is the head of the household. > > Rick Waggener > Walnut Creek, California > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debbie" <bigdeb28@bellsouth.net> > To: <KYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 8:31 PM > Subject: [KYJEFFER] 1840 census > > > > Does anyone have the 1840 census? I have the name and location from the > index, but need a actual look. > > Thanks, > > Debbie > > > > > > ==== KYJEFFER Mailing List ==== > > http://www.usgenweb.org > > Home of the oldest and largest volunteer not-for-profit genealogy > organization on the web. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== KYJEFFER Mailing List ==== > Submit your information to the Jefferson Co., KY History and Genealogy project. See http://home.ix.netcom.com/~gsdownr/usgw/jefferson1.html for information on how to submit. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Debbie- There is some information in the 1840 census. It's just a little more than the 1830 census, but even more information than the earlier ones. All white males and females in the household are counted in age groups that are basically every 10 years. If there are slaves in the household they are counted by gender and somewhat broader age categories. There are some very general categories for occupations and numbers in the household involved in them. I have found that if you know something about the people in the family, you can sometimes take a pretty good guess about who is who. This does give you some information. It will give you a general location for the household, which can be helpful also. As in other census records, there is some variation in how different enumerators filled in the sheets, and there can be errors. I believe some of the errors came from the person in the household who gave the information to the enumerator. If you want to give me a name and location, I would be happy to see what I can find. The good thing is there are far few census pages in 1840, and earlier and the records are pretty easy to transcribe. The first census that listed the name of everyone in the household was 1850. I have seen a lot of these however, where just the initials of the names are listed. Ancestry.com has this census also, and also with an index. These records are very compelling. If you are very lucky, you can document where a person was and who they were living with, for every 10 years of their lives (at least up until 1930). Rick Waggener sequoia@pacbell.net

Rick, Thanks for all the information! I think I'm going to try church records first. Problem is, I looking for 2 people related, with the same first and last name, born 2 yrs apart!! I have a complicated mess! Thanks again, Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Waggener" <sequoia@pacbell.net> To: <KYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [KYJEFFER] 1840 census > Debbie- > There is some information in the 1840 census. It's just a little more than > the 1830 census, but even more information than the earlier ones. All white > males and females in the household are counted in age groups that are > basically every 10 years. If there are slaves in the household they are > counted by gender and somewhat broader age categories. There are some very > general categories for occupations and numbers in the household involved in > them. > > I have found that if you know something about the people in the family, you > can sometimes take a pretty good guess about who is who. This does give you > some information. It will give you a general location for the household, > which can be helpful also. As in other census records, there is some > variation in how different enumerators filled in the sheets, and there can > be errors. I believe some of the errors came from the person in the > household who gave the information to the enumerator. > > If you want to give me a name and location, I would be happy to see what I > can find. The good thing is there are far few census pages in 1840, and > earlier and the records are pretty easy to transcribe. > > The first census that listed the name of everyone in the household was 1850. > I have seen a lot of these however, where just the initials of the names are > listed. Ancestry.com has this census also, and also with an index. These > records are very compelling. If you are very lucky, you can document where a > person was and who they were living with, for every 10 years of their lives > (at least up until 1930). > > Rick Waggener > sequoia@pacbell.net > > > > ==== KYJEFFER Mailing List ==== > Submit your information to the Jefferson Co., KY History and Genealogy project. See http://home.ix.netcom.com/~gsdownr/usgw/jefferson1.html for information on how to submit. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >