To the person who lives in Lawrence Kansas and is trying to check up on infor provided by another researcher (always a good idea, as so much gets distorted). In Lawrence, Kansas, your public library has a genealogical online database called HeritageQuest. (For others living else, get the website for your local library and check for online databases!!! Your library may have HeritageQuest also.) Be sure you have a card with a number on it (and which has not expired) and then try to enter the database from your home computer. You will find all [well, nearly all] the images of the US censuses, but not all censuses have yet been indexed. If you are unsure how to use HeritageQuest (which has other materials of genealogical interest on it), get some instructions from your nearest library branch. The 1880 census is free [at least the index is] at familyserch.org Look for the word *vast* and then click around until you find census. Then you can determine a LOT from the censuses from 1850 on. Also check out the books on HeritageQuest. Say you type in a PLACE such as Madison County, Kentucky. The list will be rated by relevancy. Sometimes there may ONE line in an old county history of a county far away from Kentucky, but it may mention the birthplace of someone!!!! Some of the Revolutionary War pensions are also on HeritageQuest. Happy hunting!!! It is fun to do genealogy yourself, rather than rely on someone else to authenticate your family. They may give you VALUABLE leads, but do it yourself!!! E.W.Wallace a fan of HeritageQuest