Jessica, The census years I have access to for the state of Pennsylvania that are indexed are: 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, & 1920. The ancestry and roots web message boards are helpful. There are many helpful web sites and other avenues of searching for information. I will be happy to sahre that info with you. Results for census search year 1920 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: There are 197 George MARTIN'S in the 1920 census for the state of Pennsylvania. There are 41 in Philadelphia. None are indexed with the middle name Elwood nor the middle initial "E." Twenty-three are indexed with no middle initial. My suggestion is for you to get a notebook and write down everything you do know starting with you. Include: your full name, date of birth, full name of parents using maiden names for females( if known), date of your marriage, name of spouse, names of children born. Include dates & places of: birth, marriage, death, etc.. Another helpful tool is the family group sheet. You can print & use these for free from the following web site: http://www.heritagequest.com/groupsheets/index.html When requestiong a census look up include year/state/surname in the email subject line. Please include the following information in the body of the email when requesting a look up: census year, state, city & town if known, full name, full name of spouse, name(s) of child(ren), age, place of birth, & race. It may be helpful to include nicknames. I understand you may not have all of this info for requesting a search but keep in mind the more info we receive the more likely we will find a match for you. I look forward to hearing from you again. ~Jeanette Nelson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jessica Martin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 9:24 AM Subject: [MARTIN-L] George Elwood Martin from Philadelphia > My dad was born in the 1940s, his dad was born in the 1910s and my great > grandfather was born in the late 1800s. > > I am just starting my geneological search. I would love to find out about > my great great grandfather, and his father, etc. I guess census info would > be a good place to start. What are other sources of info? Basically, I > want to learn everything I can about them. > > -Jessica > > > >> What kind of information are you looking for. Are you in need of census >> info >> or something else? Where were these MARTIN'S from and during what time >> period? >> >> Jeanette > >