Could this possibly be your George? It's easy to seach the 1880 census by going to Familysearch.org <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_4491570_0&frompage=5"> Geo. BRISTOW</A>   Self   M   Male   W   40   AR   Minister   IL   IL   <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_4491570_1&frompage=5">M. BRISTOW</A>   Wife   M   Female   W   37   TN   Keeping House   TN   NC   <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_4491570_2&frompage=5">S. BRISTOW</A>   Son   S   Male   W   15   MO   At Home   AR   TN   <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_4491570_3&frompage=5">Sevoum BRISTOW</A>   Son   S   Male   W   14   MO   At Home   AR   TN   &frompage=5">M. J. BRISTOW</A>   Dau   S   Female   W   11   AR   At Home   AR   TN   <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_4491570_5&frompage=5">J. B. BRISTOW</A>   Son   S   Male   W   10   AR      AR   TN   <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_4491570_6&frompage=5">Isabell BRISTOW</A>   Dau   S   Female   W   7   AR      AR   TN   <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_4491570_7&frompage=5">M. BRISTOW</A>   Dau   S   Female   W   6   AR      AR   TN   <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_4491570_8&frompage=5">James BRISTOW</A>   Son   S   Male   W   4   WASH. TER.      AR   TN   <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_4491570_9&frompage=5">Tennessee BRISTOW</A>   Dau   S   Female   W   9M   WASH. TER.      AR   TN  Source Information:   Census Place District 3, Columbia, Washington   Family History Library Film   <A HREF="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C180%2C0&filmno=1255396">1255396</A>   NA Film Number   T9-1396   Page Number   161C

I am pleased to introduce myself as the new county coordinator of the Taney County website at MOGenWeb. My name is Mike St. Clair and I descend from several families with Taney County roots: St. Clair, Cook, and Evans. My father, Noah M. St. Clair (which is also my full, formal name) was born at Day in northwestern Taney County, and I visited the area with him several times while he was alive. Like many of the rest of you, over the generations my ancestors and their descendants have intermarried with many other Taney county families so I'm probably related by marriage with many of you. I've been researching my roots for more than 30 years and during that time have had the pleasure several times to visit Taney County for on-site research, along with some very enjoyable siteseeing. I'm excited about joining the USGenWeb family and serving all of you in trying to improve access to resources that can help in your research. There is a lot of such material already at the Taney County website (http://http://www.rootsweb.com/~motaney/taney.htm). I have some ideas for changes that I hope to implement over time to make this site of even more value, but wanted to begin by soliciting your input. Please send your ideas directly to me at TaneyMike@saintclair.org unless you feel they are the sort suggestions that are of research value to others on this mailing list, or that they warrant group discussion. What would you like to see added and/or changed? Do you have any concrete suggestions you would like to see considered as I begin my service as a county coordinator? What do you like most or least about the existing website? Are you aware of data elsewhere on the web that is of value to Taney county researchers but not currently linked from the USGenWeb site for the county? Do you have in your possession data that you would like to contribute, whether it is currently in machine readable format or whether data entry would be required first? Do you know someone who might have such genealogical data? I don't yet have the magic codes that grant me access to make changes but expect to receive them shortly. In the meantime, I look forward to hearing your input, including answers to the previous questions. I will greatly appreciate any ideas and suggestions and promise that I will ponder them as I consider what sorts of changes might be useful to Taney researchers. One of the wonderful things about genealogists in general and Taney researchers specifically is their willingness to help and to share. This is also the underlying spirit of USGenWeb and I consider it a privilege to be participating in this fashion. As time goes by, feel free to contact me at any time concerning the Taney website. Your suggestions, concerns, even complaints, are always welcome. Mike St. Clair Taney County Coordinator (a greenhorn!) USGenWeb/MOGenWeb TaneyMike@saintclair.org