Janet, At 07:52 AM 12/24/00 -0500, Janet Duffield wrote: >Does anyone have access to the 1790 Census for Massechusetts? If so, >could you look for a John Whitney who would be 4-6 years old? I would >appreciate any help. Thank you. The 1790 Census does not list every person in every household by name. That didn't begin until 1850. For each household, the head of household is named, and then the number of males 16+ years old, the number of males 0-15 years old, the number of females (of any age), the number of slaves, and the number of all other free persons. Thus a typical entry is: 1790 Census, Maine, Hancock Co., Frankfort, p. 28: Daniel Whitney 1 0 4 0 0 This means that Daniel Whitney was the head of household, and undoubtedly was the 1 male 16+; also in the household were four females (age unspecified). You can see that your question cannot be answered. The best that could be done is to list the households whose heads were named Whitney containing at least one male 0-15 years old. (This is making the assumption that your John Whitney was living in his father's or widowed-but-not-remarried-mother's family.) Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward rlward1@erols.com <http://users.erols.com/rlward1/> 12236 Shadetree Lane, Laurel, MD 20708-2832 301-776-1659