Actually that's not quite correct. The 1842 census asks how long each individual has been "in the province" meaning how long in Canada. See http://allcensusrecords.com/canada/ for help with what questions were asked on each census year Lorine On 7 Jan 2008 at 18:54, D O' wrote: > > > Good Morning Carol > > Yes, you would have trouble finding him with those parameters as the question of when a person arrived in Canada wasn't asked until the 1901 Census. A name such as John Miller is fairly common when you only have Canada as a point of reference rather than a specific city or province. > > -- Lorine McGinnis Schulze * Olive Tree Genealogy (Ships Passenger Lists) http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ * Naturalization Records http://naturalizationrecords.com/ * Images of Ships Lists http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/ships/ otg@csolve.net or olivetreegenealogy@gmail.com