At 07:14 AM 7/2/99 EDT, you wrote: >Sharon, >Census records are not released to the public for 76 years. Therefore, an >ancestor born in 1926 wouldn't show up until 1930, and the 1930 census won't >be available until 2006. Robin and Sharon: I found this on the Ancestry.com site... Restrictions On Access To Post-1920 Census Records To protect the privacy of living individuals, access to population schedules is restricted for seventy-two years after the census is taken, so they are not available to researchers during that time. The Personal Service Branch, Bureau of the Census, P.O. Box 1545, Jeffersonville, IN 47131, will provide, for a fee, official transcripts of census records from 1930 to 1990. Access is restricted to whomever the information is about, their authorized representatives, or, in the case of deceased persons, their heirs or administrators. Use Form BC-600 to request information. Pat