Okay, Bev, I've taken pity on you and here are all the Thomas Rudd people that appear in the index for 1850 throughout the U.S. Notice there are none from VT. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850 Rudd, Thomas State : CA County : El Dorado Co. Location : Placerville Year : 1850 Page # : 93 Rudd, Thomas State : CT County : Hartford Co. Location : Hartford Year : 1850 Page # : 143 Rudd, Thomas State : GA County : Floyd Co. Location : 30th Division Year : 1850 Page # : 115 Rudd, Thomas State : IA County : Henry Co. Location : Center Twp Year : 1852 Page # : 045 Rudd, Thomas State : IA County : Henry Co. Location : Center Twp Year : 1854 Rudd, Thomas State : IA County : Henry Co. Location : Trenton Twp Div # 2 Year : 1850 Page # : 205 Rudd, Thomas State : IL County : Union Co. Location : 2nd District Year : 1850 Page # : 224 Rudd, Thomas State : KY County : Ballard Co. Year : 1850 Page # : 260 Rudd, Thomas State : KY County : Lawrence Co. Year : 1850 Page # : 072 Rudd, Thomas State : KY County : Nelson Co. Location : District 1 Year : 1850 Page # : 334 Rudd, Thomas State : NC County : Caswell Co. Location : Yancyville Year : 1850 Page # : 256 Rudd, Thomas State : NY County : Kings Co. Location : Brooklyn 10th Ward Year : 1850 Page # : 100 Rudd, Thomas State : PA County : Erie Co. Location : Harborcreek Twp Year : 1850 Page # : 087 Rudd, Thomas State : PA County : Philadelphia Co. Location : Moyamensing Ward 4 Year : 1850 Page # : 409 Rudd, Thomas State : TN County : Mc Minn Co. Location : 23rd Sub Division Year : 1850 Page # : 41 Rudd, Thomas State : VA County : Appomattox Co. Year : 1850 Page # : 191 Rudd, Thomas State : VA County : Norfolk Co. Location : Portsmouth Year : 1850 Page # : 173 Rudd, Thomas C. State : TN County : Rutherford Co. Location : Middleton District Year : 1850 Page # : 37 Rudd, Thomas J. State : NY County : Oneida Co. Location : Rome Twp Year : 1850 Page # : 075 Now, if you have access to a FHL or a National Archives branch you can look up any of these censuses that you feel might be a clue. Your young Thomas might be there, if in fact the name was RUDD, not RUDE, or RODD, etc. Good luck, Joann Nichols [email protected] wrote: > There are alot of Rudds out there, but not for me. Looking for Thomas E. > Rudd, dates unknown, but his son Thomas Edward was born 1849. Thomas Sr. m. to > an Alice? Home state was either Vt, Conn. Mass. or N.Y. Don't know if Sr. > stayed in New England or moved to N.J. with Jr. Did find a Thomas Rudd buried > in Green Mt. Cemetery , d. 1-11-1865, but is he the right one? [email protected]