The 9th ward is now on line through the M's at the URL below my name on the Troy page. An interesting personal note I am going to share to illustrate why you should look at all spellings and why you should always go to the source document for accuracy. The index we have on line is meant to help you with your research and if you find an ancestor on it, you shouldn't stop there and use it as your documentation. My ggrandmother was MaryAnn McEntee who emigrated to Troy with her parents and at least two brothers in the early 1860s from Co. Mayo, Ireland. I have found them in the 1865 NY state census and the 1870 Fed Census in Troy but was unable to find them in the 1880 census until today when I was formatting the 9th ward to put on line! You will see there are no McEntees listed but you will find Patrick (my gggrandfather) 80 yrs and son Michael listed as McAnty. Also her brother, Edward and his family are McIntee. So there is the family but under different spellings. Another oddity.... For Edward, it says he was born in NY and his father was born in England??? All the the previous censuses have him born in Ireland like the rest of his family. So now I will go to the source document to see what it says. There may be errors in transcribing or more probable with the enumerator who went to their house and didn't understand their Irish brogue. What this did for me is show me Patrick was still alive in 1880 and that Bridget my gggrandmother (his wife) died between 1875 and 1880. This will help when looking for obituaries, church records, etc. I would love to hear some other census stories. This is a good forum for them. It helps us all understand the obstacles involved with genealogy research. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com