Mark Pennington <[email protected]> said: > I saw a Census Bureau ad in the local newspaper that stated that the info > would never be released. I asked the ladies in the genealogy room at the > local library and they said that it was true (and a very sad situation). This doesn't sound right to me. Probably the writer of the ad was over-simplifying. You can check it out yourself: just type "thomas" at your browser address line to go to the Library of Congress' web site for current legislation. I had a quick look around there and didn't find anything like that. If it's true, the Census Bureau doesn't seem to know about it. Actually, I did find a very informative four-page pamphlet at: http://www.census.gov/prod/2/gen/cff/cff-9702.pdf Did you know you can get a copy of your own, or your ancestor's, census form before the 72-year time limit? Paul Pennington Augusta, Georgia