In a message dated 7/30/2008 3:17:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I was wondering how someone can check the 1850 Industrial Census. I don't think I'm familiar with it. I'm a member at ancestry.com, but I didn't see it listed there. I would appreciate any help you may be able to give me. I found it in Washington DC at the NARA. Industrial and agriculture censuses were taken in 1850 and 1860 for Westmoreland Co. Not all counties nor all sates cooperated by sending a copy to the NARA, the worker told me. (States' Rights, blah blah blah, won't share, blah blah blah--it's a political issue that still hampers us genealogists, too.) I was told that the State of Indiana had the two censuses but I would have to go to the Indiana State Archives to read them. So I assume Harrisburg has our 2 censuses. You might want to check at the Carnegie Library online, too. Maybe someone on line can tell you. The enumerator made a comment at the beginning of the Agriculture film that he felt the people were withholding or underestimating their wealth, since anything enumerated was taxable, even butter, cream, whatever they had stocked. Despite that, I was surprised how much my gr.gr.grandparents did admit to owning. I'm just sorry I didn't think to look at the Industrial census for 1850. Now it's too late. I can't travel to DC anymore. Shirley Maynard Hampton, VA **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)