Melissa, U.S. census records are not made public for 72 years. The 1930 U.S. census was released in 2002. The 1940 U.S. census will be released in 2012. TX Death Records: Charles SUTTER died in Harris County on 27 Dec 1964. If an obituary was published for him, it would be in the Houston Public Library. Just fill in their HPL eServices Email Reference Form and include his name, date and place of death: http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/hpl/interactive/eref_form.html You can get his death certificate from the Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Birth and Death Records: http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/registra/certcop.htm Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net>