This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/1VB.2ACE/11438 Message Board Post: An expanded 1850 Erie County, Ohio census "surname" index is now available online. If you know the township that the family lived in, you can search for a surname by alphabet. If you don't know the township, then you can search all of Erie County by specific surname ( however, use the soundex or metaphone option for better result); see the detailed instructions posted on the webpage(below). If you find an ancestor in the census index, please use the "Post-Em" notes to add some bio-info for each person listed; most importantly, their parents' names, the full name of their spouse(s), and the spouses' parents. [Also, it would be helpful if you include your full name, and perhaps zip-code, since email-addresses change so frequently.] Your Post-Em Notes will remain attached, for future researchers. This database can be a great Erie County resource, if everyone contributes info. The webpage address is http://www.geocities.com/ohiopioneers There you will find links to the individual Township gedcoms, or intructions to search the entire County simultaneously. Keep in mind that this index is NOT an every-name index. Mostly it includes heads-of-households, and other household members with a surname different from the 'head'. There are also additional Erie County research hints posted at the webpage. Please pass along this full message, to any Erie County researchers that you know. Happy hunting! Ted Allen Reising 44814 http://www.geocities.com/ohiopioneers