Pre-1850 censuses?

Question:How do you make the connection between a person and who you believe to be this person's parents if as in the case of the 1810 census only the head of household is named and the age range of the children is shown. Another problem is that there most likely were not marriage, death or birth record at this time because they were required until about 1915 in the state I am searching.

Sorry this is getting kind of long.

Has anyone else had this problem; if you have what advice can you give to me?

Thanks.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: How do you make the connection between a person and who you believe to be this person's parents if as in the case of the 1810 census only the head of household is named and the age range of the children is shown. Another problem is that there most likely were not marriage, death or birth record at this time because they were required until about 1915 in the state I am searching.

Sorry this is getting kind of long.

Has anyone else had this problem; if you have what advice can you give to me?

Thanks.

Jonathon, this is standard operating procedure, in working families pre 1850. You use what there is... and in most colonial states, the one regular commodity is LAND. Possibly church records, if they survive. Yes, SC is notorious for being so late in requiring even marriage records, but don't forget, that refers to state mandated marriage records.
People are not fond of me pointing this out, since the expectation is to find it mainly online. I am comparing what I have found online (throughout my research) and what I find offline. HUGE difference. In many cases, I personally travelled to the locations, but other times, I was a regular at the local LDS family history center. (I wound up being one of the few non-LDS persons who volunteered there).
If I recall, the line you are working is Moody. I believe I sifted through some of the postings at the Moody area of genforum, using Barnwell as the search filter, but also doing what I could with some of the ladies' surnames. With a bit of luck, you often find what I call the family guru on genforum. That is, the person who has become focused on the entire family, and often has already gone to the location and pulled such things as the land grants/ deeds, stomped the cemeteries in person, etc.
Also, be aware of the allied families, if you can pinpoint them. Families and neighbors moved together, witnessed each others documents, and the kids intermarried.
Overall, my suggestion is that if it is worth the effort, start investigating what records may be offfline and how to get to those.

Check newspapers of the time, most likely at the historical society of the town you are searching.

Basically with all family history research you need to cross reference a number of records, Census records of 1810 have a look at Baptism and marriage records, 1810 will be pre civil registrations,

Good luck and good hunting