I think the rootsweb lists are working again! I was here and sending out posts; they just weren't going anywhere! I wanted to tell you about a huge project that has just been completed. You know by now that when I disappear for a tad, I'm working on something. This is a masterpiece!!! Many of you know Charles Hartley from our list. He is not only a valued list member but a computer guru also. He has been working on a project which I joined him with and the result is a completely revised, updated, totally corrected 1850 Barren Co census with a plus! The census is now in the order as shown on the original census form with each page matching the original census form. We have included marriage information on all the people who married in Barren Co (including date of marriage, maiden name of wife and parents when shown). This is major in itself as it is easy to see how neighbors are important when searching your ancestors - many are related through marriage. It shows all information from the original census form including dwelling house, family number, names, place of birth, age, gender, color, profession, occupation or trade, value of real estate, if married within the previous year, attended school within the previous year, those over 20 who could not read & write, deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or convict. Also included is not just a total count of slaves owned but their ages, gender, color and many slave names when found from county records with dates of birth and death on many.Over 300 pages, full name bride index, slave index and all-name index. Then, if that wasn't enough, it is available also on CD! It is shown as a PDF file with a link to Adobe Reader if needed, each section is linked. An instruction section is shown for the user who is not familiar with working with PDF files. This is great for those of us running out of storage room for books. I want to publically thank Charles for ALL his hard work; I've learned a lot lately! And another thank you to Bill Utterback of the list who helped with technical challenges! If you have interest in the book or CD, please write me privately. I am thrilled with how this came out - it's still a lot easier than reading the census records on-line when the names are often misspelled by the indexer and you can't find the family or individual you KNOW is there! Even if the census taker misspelled the name, you can find them! Remember the society meeting tomorrow night - we'd love to have you if you're within commuting distance! Sandi SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/