This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SMB.2ACI/1374.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Mary, I have a subscription to Ancestry.com and when I checked for Matilda Thomas I put her name in and actually no hits came up for 1900. It looks like you would have to go in and search all the records for that year in the counties you feel she could be in. Tonight I checked Benton County, Fristoe TWP all 40 records for you but did not find any of the names you gave. Just so you know she may be in the 1900 census but it is not name indexed in Anc.com at this time. Benton County lists 4 other townships: Alexander, Cole, Other Townships and Tom. Hickory County lists 8 Townships: Center, Cross Timbers, Green, Montgomery, Other Townships, Stark, Tyler & Wheatland. You can't rule out that she's in the 1900 census until all records are checked - and that will take forever. I wish you good luck and I'm sorry I misinformed you. On Heritage Quest I went in on her name and it did not give me a hit for that age - there was a younger Matilda Thomas (mother) living with a family but I think she was around 75 and I couldn't make out the last name of the family she was with but it was not any of the names you gave. Again sorry I couldn't be of more help.