Jeff~here's the info. for this listing~ 1870 ME, Coos Co, Cambridge, Post Office: Upton, ME; census taken 25 July 1870, line 12-Richards, Edmond, 54yr, Farmer, $500, $800, b.ME 13- " Amanda, 46yr, keeping house, b. ME 14- " James D, 20yr,m, at home, b. ME, attended school 15- " Eliza E, 16yr,fe, at home, b. ME, attended school 16- " Ewing, 10yr,m, at home, b. NH, attended school 17- " John M. 6yr,m, at home, b. NH, attended school 18- " Agnes L. 1yr,fe, at home, b. NH ----- Original Message ----- From: Dana Edgecomb To: ME-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [ME-CENSUS] 1870/Oxford Co., Grafton Twp./Edmund RICHARDS I have the index for 1870 for Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. The only hit I got was and Edmond Richards, b. ME, Cambridge, Coos County, NH M593 Roll 839 page 8. Dana At 09:52 PM 2/22/02 +0100, you wrote: >Dear Maine Census Listers, > >I have found an Edmund Richards in the 1880 census with a son named John >M. Richards who is 16. Could someone help me find the reference to this >family in the 1870 census? > >Thanks in advance. I am still banging away at my brick wall (John Albert >Richards, born either in 1864 or 1865), and the New England Genealogical >Society couldn't find him him in a QuickSearch or in an InDepthSearch. So >I have to try brick by brick. Turns out the records from Oxford County >are pretty scanty for this period as well. And this Edmund doesn't even >show up in the IGI. > >Oh well. I have some other really neat success stories, but my brick wall >John Albert Richards still keeps me humble... > >Best, >Jeff Richards >Münster, Germany