E.W., Thank goodness for little favors... actually a giant THANK YOU to you and Tim, respectively. I printed the census for one county . Sitting in my favorite chair found my most elusive GGGGGrandfather on one side and the most leads I've ever seen for my father's side. Yeah okay, it was really a your simple note about Tim's tireless work that did the trick. I know where my extra change is going!! Thx again, Sherri (HILL) NUTTALL mailto:[email protected] OOPS, searching these lines: THOMAS, HILL, MOORE, SWEASY (or SWEESY, SWEAZY,) SNIDER (SNYDER)--- Happy Hunting - Thanks again Tim --- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [KYTRIGG] Clarissa Futrell > Tim posted some information about censuses of NC. This was URL > > http://www.census-online.com/links/NC.html > > I'm not sure you can locate someone with a common name, but there seem to be > quite a few 1790 censuses for various NC counties, which cenus one must use > with caution. I think the original census was damaged or destroyed and I > believe this census is reconstructed from tax lists. > > But, hey, we genealogists grasp at straws all the time. We expand our skills > by going down blind alleys sometimes. I always learn something, even if it > is the wrong place. > > E.W.Wallace > southern California > >