At 12:58 PM 9/25/2002 -0700, Barb Brown wrote: <snip> >1890 census for MO. possiably Texas County for these >names; >REED, Unknown >Mary Ellen >Winnie age 2/3 >dau ? I don't believe that a census for Texas County exists from 1890; pretty much all of the 1890 federal census was destroyed in a fire at the Commerce Department, before any of it had been microfilmed or otherwise copied. I found two possibilities for your Winnie (Winfield?) Reed in Vernon County in 1920; the second one seems more likely to be yours, based on age and birthplace: Here is a partial transcript to let you see if this is the right family or not; I'll type up the rest of the details later: 1920 Missouri - Vernon County - Metz Twp - ED#174 - page 207/009A Reed, Winfield H, age 38, born in Illinois, parents born in Illinois wife: Pearl, age 36 children: Ethel P. (13), Edith P. (11), Albert L. (9), Aubrey L. (7), Inez T. (5), Cecil W. (5/12) 1920 Missouri - Vernon County - Nevada City Twp - ED#165 - page 115/012A Reed, Winnie W., age 31, born in Missouri, parents born in U.S. wife: Martha P., age 30, born in Germany (Coblernty?) daughter: Ruby A., age 8, born in Missouri I haven't found the rest of the family yet, but will try more later - gotta go now and be taxidriver for my kids. Chuck