Some libraries have a subscription to ancestry.com or heritagequest.com that is free to library patrons. You can go to the library or (with the barcode number from your library card) access the sites from home. It helps if you have a hi speed connection or the census images can be slow to load. I'm not familiar with ancestry.com but at heritagequest you can 'search' or 'browse'. Search is what they have indexed. The majority of pages are not indexed. If you find reliable info indexed, that is terrific but if you don't find something you definitely should 'browse' page by page. Unfortunately, you listed no town in your query. If you don't know what town they lived in you have many to search. If you do know the town then you might want to re-post your query. Sources available to search can vary from town to town. The 1850 census was first to list children's names. If she married about age 20 that would be about 1846. You might find her (remember to look for married name) in 1850. With luck, she may be living near relatives. Any nearby Taylors may be relatives. Also, from rootsweb.com, first page, try 'family trees' for the Taylor surname. Hope this helps - Russ Sprague Kensington, Maryland From: PALarge@aol.com To: NYSTLAWR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYSTLAWR] Taylor Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 11:12:40 EDT I've been getting very informative information on my DeLong query so I'll try for a Taylor family who had a daughter Lydia born ca 1826 in NY. I don't know her parents names but she married Anthony DeLong. She named her daughters Louisa, Margaret, Rachael, Josephine and Jeannette. Her only son William Adolphus. As this was Anthony's second marriage (and he didn't name any of his sons after himself or his father Peter) I would tend to think her parents names are in here somewhere. Any help or advice appreciated. Peggy Large UE "I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead" thanks to Jimmy Buffett!