Dear WRG: I was reading some material from Rootsweb this evening and saw where the census data for the 1855 State Census of Worcester Co., MA, had been added for the Shrewsbury area. I went to the website to see what kinds of things might turn up, and found this data -- by way of example of what might be available in this source location. 1855 Census listing for Charles L. Whitney Name: Whitney, Charles L Age: 31 Sex: M Census: 1855 Census for Worcester Co., MA (Shrewsbury district) Dwelling #: 67 Family #: 82 Birthplace: Connecticut Occupation: Wheelwright Others in this household: Last Name First Age Relationship Occupation HOWE Calvin 66 Farmer HOWE Mary 64 HOWE Mary E 30 Whitney Charles L 31 Wheelwright Whitney Sarah E 28 Whitney Albert E 5 HARVEY Margaret 60 1855 Census listing for Sarah D Whitney Name: Whitney, Sarah D Age: 34 Sex: F Census: 1855 Census for Worcester Co., MA (Shrewsbury district) Dwelling #: 246 Family #: 305 Birthplace: Maine Others in this household: Last Name First Age Relationship Occupation Brown Fralove? 74 Whitney Sarah D 34 Whitney Arrietta H 10 Whitney Mary A B 8 Coughton Catherine 13 HARRINGTON Polly 66 1855 Census listing for George Whitney Name: Whitney, George Age: 21 Sex: M Census: 1855 Census for Worcester Co., MA (Shrewsbury district) Dwelling #: 112 Family #: 142 Birthplace: Massachusetts Occupation: Farmer Others in this household: Last Name First Age Relationship Occupation Whitney Lydia 68 Garfield Edwin M 40 Farmer Garfield Mary D 41 Whitney George 21 Farmer Palmer George 26 Shoemaker Garfield Charlotte A 12 Garfield Charles E 8 Garfield Sally 66 Sanborn Sarah P 17 1855 Census listing for George Whitney Name: Whitney, George Age: 25 Sex: M Census: 1855 Census for Worcester Co., MA (Shrewsbury district) Dwelling #: 77 Family #: 96 Birthplace: Massachusetts Occupation: Paper hanger Others in this household: Last Name First Age Relationship Occupation Lyon Abner 60 Farmer Whitney George 25 Paper hanger Whitney Mary E 25 1855 Census listing for Lawrence Whitney Name: Whitney, Lawrence Age: 39 Sex: M Census: 1855 Census for Worcester Co., MA (Shrewsbury district) Dwelling #: 114 Family #: 144 Birthplace: Massachusetts Occupation: Farmer Others in this household: Last Name First Age Relationship Occupation Whitney Lawrence 39 Farmer Whitney Sarah A 29 Whitney Lucy M 5 I hope this is useful to someone, and that many of you explore this resource to discover that some valuable material might be found here. Happy Hunting Allan E. Green