Hi all, I have received several messages pertaining to the �Temples in the Census� and want to answer some of your questions by this form letter. 1. I have been collecting census indexes of Temples for about three years now and those after 1860 are very limited. From the index of each census year 1790 to 1920, I look up the record and copy it into my Excel files. From the 1850 census file you can see that some of the columns have been filled in and others have not. (most have not) My goal is to fill in all of the information on all of the folks in each of the 12 files. Big project!! Thats why I am overjoyed to hear that some of you want to help. One thing I have done is a complete listing of Michigan, 1830 to 1920. 2. It sounds like some of you received my file perfectly while others received jumbled files. Let me know what spreadsheet you have access to and I will try to send a converted file. 3. I am sending each of you who showed interest a blank form which can be filled out and returned to me in form of an attachment. On page two I have explained what each column means. All I will need to do is to copy what you have provided and paste it into my master files provided the format is not changed. Please tell me what state and year you want and I will send the index or the completed information if I have it. I can also send a form by regular mail if you prefer. 4. Column B which is labeled art# refers to Albert R. Temple�s �Rise of the Temples� reference number. This column is for my use in trying to identify the individual. I will change it to ref# in the future. 5. The purpose of this project is to try to identify each individual. I want to eventually make all 12 of the files available to anyone who is interested. 6. If there are additional people that need to be added to any particular file I will just add them to the end and then sort. 7. Some of the census reports are not very clear. I hate doing PA. The best thing to do here is put a �?� after each entry that you are unsure of. I hope this answers some of your questions. Ralph