Hi Stan, For years I've been trying to identify the parents and siblings of Spencer W. TALLEY. The 1850 U.S. census of Wilson Co., TN says he was born about 1800 in VA. (He died in 1851.) The 1830 U.S. census of Wilson County says his wife was in the 20-29 age range. And there were 2 males in the household. One in the 20-29 age range and one in the 30-39 age range. If I could identify those males, that could be the clue that answers my question. But I don't know any way of doing that. Yelowstone@aol.com wrote: > Hello Bill! > > I haven't been able to find an answer to this question, which is a question > that has stumped me for some time. > > The 1850 Census started showing the names of children but I haven't been able > to find any names of children in Census records prior to that. > > If you can find the name of a person in the 1850 Census, you may find the > state of their birth, which may help some. Later Census records sometimes > show the county they were born in. This doesn't help in identifying > siblings, though. > > If anyone else helps you solve this problem, please pass their advise on to > me! > > Thanks for being part of the ROOTWALKER family. > > "Love Your Freedom? Thank A Vet!" > > Stan Magnesen > ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Allen" <misterbill@pdq.net> To: <TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [ROOTWALKER] Reply to Bill - 1830 Middle TN Census of Wilson County > Hi Stan, > > For years I've been trying to identify the parents and siblings of Spencer W. TALLEY. The 1850 > U.S. census of Wilson Co., TN says he was born about 1800 in VA. (He died in 1851.) The 1830 > U.S. census of Wilson County says his wife was in the 20-29 age range. And there were 2 males > in the household. One in the 20-29 age range and one in the 30-39 age range. If I could > identify those males, that could be the clue that answers my question. But I don't know any > way of doing that. It's time to move on from the census and dig into marriage, land, probate, voting, and court records. Check out every Talley record you come across. Your breakthrough is liable to come from a source you've never considered before, like maybe an entry in an account ledger of a country store. Keep hunting! Mark