Hello to our Newer Subscribers, It's time for a refresher course in list posting rules. I don't think some of you have been reading the posting rules which were sent to you when you subscribed to the list. Requests are being posted to the list with incorrect subject lines and insufficient information. "Census Lookup Please" "OH-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D Digest V03 #157" "Need Census Lookup" "1850 Lookup" "Jones Lookup" "Need Help" are INCORRECT. Our volunteers keep track of posts and replies with this format: YEAR / County / SURNAME PLEASE REMEMBER: YEAR / County / SURNAME Examples: 1870 / Highland Co / JONES 1900 / Unknown Co. / BROWN If you look at all the mail that travels through this list, you will see that our long time subscribers use that format. YEAR / County / SURNAME Also PLEASE send more information about your person if you know it. If you just request a lookup for John Smith in Franklin County, the index can turn up 125 John Smith's anywhere from 10 yrs. old to 79 yrs. old. If you don't give us additional information, how can we help you? Please include as much of the following information as you know about the person(s) you are researching: 1. Census year you want researched 2. First name, middle name or initial, SURNAME 3. Age at time of census ~OR~ Year of birth 4. Birthplace (state or country) 5. Spouse's name, age and birthplace 6. Names and ages of any known children 7. Parent's names, age & birthplace if looking for a child 8. County of residence Please read the Welcome Message you received when you subscribed to the list. All the available census years are listed, plus instructions for posting requests, so please don't ask us for 1810 or 1890. SAVE IT or PRINT IT for future reference. PLEASE!! Make our volunteer's job easier by following the instructions. Thank you everyone, Marilyn in Ohio - List Administrator