To Hollis Don Woolsey and interested Woolsey researchers: Hi, Hollis, The way you grab hold of a problem and keep working on it is very impressive. Thank you for the data and information. Also in the 1850 Census of Jackson Co., IL is the family of one James Woosley who has a son Joshua Woosley who is 7 years old. Probably the same one. In Jackson Co., IL the names Woosley and Woolsey seem to used interchangeably, so it is difficult to ascertain if there are two different families here or all just masquerading (sp?) as Woolsey?????? Thank you for the Jackson Co., IL records Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker (Still working on Census records). I finished the New York Census records for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 and I am about 1/2 through the New York 1850 Census. This has taken me all this week, spending 6 or 7 hours a day in the Library. Good luck.