I've found some of my Sloan's in census records where they did not show up on the index for that census. In researching, I went house by house through the Macon co. Tn. 1860 census records and found the following Sloan's listed there" Fam # Name Age Wife AGE 377 J.G.Sloan 38 Elizabeth 34 379 Joseph 40 S.I. 39 380 W.S. 49 none listed - only children 387 John 46 Susan 49 807 A.H. 29 Pesfina (?) 31 995 C.A. 17 living with E.T. Ragland 1111 H. 63 Elizabeth 63 1112 R.W. 41 R.E. 41 I hope this data helps someone. I've only listed the husband and wife, but in most cases there were children listed, so if any of these looks like one of yours, go to the census and check it out. Linda Sloan - john@dgnscrn.demon.co.uk ... also at john.chalmers@USLGN.mail.abb.com and ... http://www.dgnscrn.demon.co.uk/