I didn't find my family on the 1850 Jefferson County Census either, but I knew they were there and that I had the correct misspellings of their names. I then sent a message to GenConnect to find out the problem. As of 12/15/99, there were 8 towns yet to be added including the Town of Orleans, which I was searching. I did a search last night using the just the first two letter of their last names to get into the listing. They weren't there yet, so they are must be still working on transcribing that particular town. If you are getting that there is no record, just keep checking back periodically on the web site. Kathy