Dawn, also there were no names EXCEPT the head of a household before the 1850 census records so you will not find names of wife and children in these early records. Go to Cyndis List or some such site and pull up the blank census records for 1840 and back and see what information you will/will not find on those early records. Good luck! Linda At 20:03 02/20/2000 -0500, you wrote: >In a message dated 2/20/2000 9:47:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: > >> I just forgot to mention, If anyone is going the court house I would be >> willing to pay for time and material to get a good copy of the census's for >> this count as far back as I can.