Phyl, Thank you! Your unknown family search to find which Parker kin are yours is a daunting task, I'm sure. One I have to undergo, as soon as I find the last hair on my head to pluck out! LOL I guess as we track our ancestors further back in time, the records become so scarce that a search like that you describe sometimes becomes almost necessary. This happens a lot when we have to look for that pesky female ancestor whose maiden name is an educated guess or location (in state) is unknown. Yikes, I'm not looking forward to that! I don't believe our local FHL has the book indexes either, sans a Civil War hardback (if memory serves) which I've already scanned and likely will have to use again, as I find more need. It's good to know those are available. I wonder, after looking at Bob's post on the 1870 townships, if they didn't stick to an alphabetical order to the townships? Gosh, that would simplify things. I did read on the Ancestry site, that the URLs used include the roll numbers, so I will pay more heed to those web addresses and see if that idea holds true. It will take some time to actually check it out, specifically to come to a confirmed conclusion. I may make that a project to start Monday, if something doesn't crop up to make it unnecessary. (knock on wood) Thanks again, Phyl! Di == In a message dated 02/2/9 4:11:44 PM, Renogen@peoplepc.com writes: << Hi - The index does not give townships in order, but I just finished listing Parkers in Ohio in 1850 - county by county - I may have mentioned this before. It was very time consuming because I have no idea of the family I am looking for. So, one by one, I put them in the county, and then the number after their name lists the page they appear on (in most cases). Those numbers then have a township after them. Am I repeating myself? However, it is difficult to find a certain surname family in a particular county by itself. Of course the township would then appear ......And, yes indexes are a pain, but I have found that the ones in book form (which we don't have at our FHC) are more complete than the index that Ancestry has.....Good luck, >>