Hi Ed I checked all variations of the names you gave and the only one that came up was Costello but there were none in Hampden county. Sorry I couldn't help Dee ----- Original Message ----- From: "EDWARD OCONNOR" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 4:23 PM Subject: [MA-CENSUS-LOOKUP] 1900 Census; Ellen Santie(Santa, Santi) or Costello, Hampden County Would someone with access to the 1900 Federal Census for Massachusetts do a lookup for Ellen Santie(sp?) or Ellen Costello. It appears that Ellen married more than once and may have used either surname. She was most likely living in Hampden county. Ellen would have been about 33 at the time of the census and she may have had daughters Jennie and Catherine with her. jennie would be about 5 and Catherine about 3 at the time of the census. Thanks in advance for any help. Ed O'Connor Hudson,MA ==== MA-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== In the U.S., a census has been taken every 10 years from 1790 through 2000. All censuses taken after 1930 are still confidential and the information they contain is not open to the public. The census from 1790 through 1840 only named the head of the household and the numbers of people in categories - 3 males over 16, 2 males under 16, etc. The census from 1850 through 1930 lists each member of the household and usually gives the relationship to the head of the house. It also gives age (later years give birth month and year) and place of birth (usually just the state or foreign country). The 1890 census was almost totally destroyed by fire so there is a 20 year gap between 1880 and 1900. CENSUS LOOKUPS HOME PAGE http://www.rootsweb.com/~censlook/ ============================== 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 10/28/03