At 06:17 PM 9/11/99 EDT, [email protected] wrote: >HELLO ALL > >i have two questions. >does anyone have acess to 1820 ny cencus for town of hemp. there should only >be one book or one reel. 2nd did list spouses? Neither spouses or children were listed in census records until the 1850 census. The only women who may have been listed would have been as heads of household. The other issue is also to figure out what county Hempstead? was in at that time as Nassau County didn't exist then according to my sources. >i need one more source of documentation. >i am looking to have a 2nd source of information. besides the originial bible >record. >i need a record to prove charlotte whaley first wife of walter f. whaley son >of james. born may 9th 1779. and died between 1818-1821. she may have even >died giving birth to catherine, the last child born in feb 1818. because he >married mary southard in 1823. she was 2nd wife. >ALL THE KIDS WERE CHARLOTTES >mary is not listed in the bible. but she is the one who applied for those >pension papers. >any suggestions? >did women have wills? in 1818? >kristina > Tim