Hi, Sue!
My ISP did have trouble with their mail server a couple of times in the recent past, and are in the process of replacing it with a more powerful model... Please try again! And you can always reach me at DionFortun@Yahoo.com if bblackie@there.net fails.
By the way, Ancestry has made a great deal of progress in indexing the 1870 US Census and it's a complete index, not just head of household. I've found lots and lots of people who had eluded me before, so send along your wish list and I'll be glad to have a look.
(That goes for anyone who is also reading this - I'd be glad to do lookups in any US Census given sufficient info to go on. Just email me.)
Kindest Regards,
Barbara