This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bigalow, Bigelow Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/907 Message Board Post: As we all know, federal census records prior to 1850 lists only the heads of families. Where would be the most logical place one could search for family listings for the years prior to 1850? I'm open to any and all suggestions. I'm pretty sure that the family I'm looking for were not Catholic (for baptismal, marriage etc. records) so I've pretty much ruled that source out.