I've seen that Ancestry.com has available a CD of census before the 1790 Federal census. Does anyone know if this information is available non-commercially? Pam Foster Raley -----Original Message----- From: PAM BARRICKLOW [mailto:locustcreek@msn.com] Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 11:41 AM To: HCGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HCGS] Census before West Virginia split from Virginia Before 1860 what counties of VA would be the current WV? ----- Original Message ----- From: JSample763@aol.com Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 11:41 AM To: HCGS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HCGS] Census before West Virginia split from Virginia Census record information for WV and VA can be somewhat confusing. For 1860 and earlier, VA census records include what are now WV counties that were in existence at the time. Beginning in 1870, WV has it's own census records and WV counties are omitted from the VA census records. After WV become a state in 1863, published books of census data and indexes, including CDs of these, are most likely parochial. That is books and CDs of census indexes and data will contain only the counties for their respective state. Say you want to see the census records for Harrison County, WV for the census year 1860 and earlier, then you would look in the VA census records. For published indexes and books, look under WV. Jim ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237