Carol, I don't know if you have had other replies to your request for the information on all the Smiths in the 1850 Lee Co VA census. I subscribe to ancestry's census and just checked to see who it would show. There was page after page of Smiths--it said over 3,000 of them--there were 20 listed per page and I looked at the first two pages which was still showing that surname in District 31 in Lee Co. Sounds to me like you had better go to your local library and let them order that census for you inter-library loan so you can do some comparing of given names as you go! I only asked for the one spelling, so it is possible there are additional names with the alternate spellings. Don't know what the going rate is today but it used to be maybe $3 to get a specific census inter-library loan. One reason I was curious was that my Edmond Pace had married a Frances Elizabeth Smith in Guilford Co NC, and they were in Lee Co by the 1830's. I couldn't find them in 1850, but eventually found they had moved over to Claiborne Co TN for a few years and before the 1860 census they had returned to Lee Co and remained there until his will was signed in 1885 and probated a few months later. I believe my great-grandmother Eliza Jane Pace was born before their marriage and I have no idea who her mother was. In 1829 there was a bastardy case naming Edmond Pace and Frances Smith in Guilford Co, and they were married during 1830 there, with his name spelled Edmond Pacey and she was listed as Frankey Smith. An Absolem Pace signed as his bond, and we believe he was a half-brother of Edmond Pace. Their son John appears to be the child who would have been the reason for this bastardy case. Their descendants have wondered more about her Smith family, and we have seen that she was born in Chatham Co NC. There was a Smith living near them I think it was in the 1860 census, but the name meant nothing to me. Marian ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 10:51 AM Subject: [VALEE] 1850 census look up for Smiths > Hi, > I am hoping that some wonderful person on this list has access to the 1850 > Lee County, Va census (the only one I dont have and of course need) that could > do a look up for me. > I am needing the names of all Smith, Smyth, Smythe's that are in the 1850 Lee > County, Va census > I only need head of household and their age, not everyone person in the > household. > I am trying to see who is missing from the census but was on the tax list. > If anyone could do this for me I would be so grateful, > You can email me personally if you would like at this address or > [email protected] > > Thanks so much > Carol Turner > > > ==== VALEE Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Yvonne, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email at <[email protected]>. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >