Hi gang, Well here's my status as far as working on the censuses. I have 28 pages handcopied from the 1920 Union Parish census, and 18 pages entered into Centrans, the database transcription program. Last week, I discovered that the 1830 Ouachita (our parent parish) census only had 7 pages, so Idecided to transcribe it. It is transcribed, but I need a proofreader, and the only volunteer proofreader signed up for LA will only work on 1920 censuses. Anyone on this list interested in proofreading it for me? Of course, you would have to have access to the 1820 Ouachita Parish census in some form. (hint: I used the images at Ancestry.com - they can only copyright their images, not the public information contained in them) If so, let me know. By the way, there is some really interesting information in this census - a lot of recognizable names like Feazel and Moore and Gresham and Shaw and Ward and Mayberry, more French names than later on, and one family of free colored persons that owned slaves. Lots of widows, and they only list them as "Widow So and So" - no first names, unlike the men. Thanks, Karen Mabry Rice, USGenWeb Archives Coordinator Union Parish, Lousiana http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm