I ran in to the exact same thing in the index book I was looking at for 1850 at the library here in Texas. The people ARE on the microfilm though. There are other books out there that DO have the complete index, guess it depends on the publisher of the book you are looking at. Judy WLWMEGAWAT@aol.com wrote: > > I spent some time at the Tallahassee FL State archives this weekend. I have > been looking for Henry HERRING b. 1816 NC who married Pencie Jane BOONE. > > I discovered that ALL of the HERRING's are missing from the SOUTHERN DIVISION > of Duplin Co NC in the 1850 census book index. If you are looking for a > HERRING in the 1850 census index book and can't find them, you might want to > go page by page in the southern division of Duplin Co NC. The book index > does list the Herrings in the Northern Division. > > Carmelita > WLWMEGAWAT@aol.com > or > Carmawalker@Yahoo.com > or > carmelitaW@juno.com