One of my maternal blood lines was named STRATFORD, and resided around the Camden area beginning sometime back in the mid-1700s. Our emigrant ancestor was Richard STRATFORD [b. 18 Mar 1743 in Randwick, Standish, Gloucestershire, England - d. 17 Oct 1813 in Camden, Kershaw, SC]. He was married to a Barbara COLEMAN [no dates or ancestry available yet], and they had 9 children. Their eldest daughter, Ruth STRATFORD [b. 11 Feb 1771 - d. 2 Mar 1857] married John NELSON [b. @1761 in England and orphaned in VA - d. 21 May 1826 near Camden, Kershaw, SC] and they had 10 children. I am primarily concerned with any information as to what may have happened to the STRATFORD family, as they do not show up on any censuses that I have seen after the 1790 census. If Richard [my 5xg/g'father] did not die until 1813, why didn't he show up on the censuses for 1800 & 1810? I have also checked Lancaster County, to no avail. I do not have internet, and am basically housebound due to health problems. Any help or guidance with this would be greatly appreciated. Bill Hughes [email protected] Peoria, Arizona ô¿ô SMILE, it drives the "normal" folks crazy! BAILEY BAKER BARFIELD BASKIN BECKHAM BELK BELL BLACKMON BLACKWELL BOWERS BREWER CATO[E] CAUTHEN CLYBURN CROXTON ELLIOTT ESTRIDGE FLEMING GARDNER GASKIN GAY HILTON HOLLAND HOLLINGSWORTH HORTON HOUGH HUCKABEE INGRAM KERSHAW KING KNIGHT MCDONALD MACKIE NEAL NELSON PEACH PEEBLES RATCLIFF ROBERTS RUTLEDGE SEEGARS SOWELL STRATFORD TALBOT TRUESDEL/DELL/DALE USSERY WEST WILLIAMS YARBOROUGH YOUNG ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]