This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holmes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VlB.2ACE/1030.1 Message Board Post: I can't answer your question per se but have a suggestion. If you live in Texas and your local library participates in the program offered by TXShare (Texas State Library) you can do census searches online for most of the years of census. All you need is a library card from your local library and their ID and Password, they will supply and give you instructions. The cenus is provided by Proquest (Heritage Quest) for libraries across the nation. The beauty of this online census is the ability to search all censuses anywhere mulitple ways. Full name, just surname, State and County specific or not. Our Trinity County website also has a link to the Rootsweb censuses. Good luck. (PS My cousin is a Holmes, father originally from AR)