Nancy - I am sorry, but I won't be able to help you with the census look-up offer. I do not have indices for the census. Census research has essentially two steps. You must first find an index for the census year and state you are researching at a genealogy library, online or CD and look up the names you are interested in or you believe might be the head of a household. If you have a Family History Library near you, this is a good place to start and a volunteer can show you how to do an index look-up; this is how I learned. Some public libraries will have their own state index. With the head of household name you will find the resident county and township (keep in mind I only have Lebanon Co. years 1850-80) AND the page number in that census record that contains the family group. With the information from the index you can then find the household on the original census page which will provide the names of family members and others living in household, their ages, state of birth and other information collected in that particular census year. If you are near a National Archives you will usually find both the index you need (if it exists) and the film of the census. Family Tree Maker Online has several articles on census research. Go To: http://www.familytreemaker.com/backissu.html Hope this gets you started. If you return to Monterey, we have excellent Family History Library branches and Sutro Genealogy Library and National Archives in San Francisco area. John Light