just a word of caution: I did a search in the 1870 census for all of PA. for the surname DORSEY. There were NONE listed for Greene or Washington Counties. HOWEVER, when I keyed in to search each of those counties for that surname I got hits. So double check yourself when doing census searches. I don't know what happened, but the general search for the whole state should have picked up those hits. Ruth

Yep sometimes I go for a name and it does not come up. I even have the first name AND the last. Guess what if I do the county it doesn't and statewide it does. So I always do it both ways. Because like you said it does the same thing both ways. And I will also say sometimes the name does not appear either way. But if I am looking on a page where I am searching relatives etc. right on that page I find the name. And it is not because it was unreadable or spelled different, it is right there so. Don't loose heart if you don't find it browse a couple of pages near relatives of who you are looking for.