You can use the soundex census which would tell you where to look. Or there are books available that list the head of household's name and tells what reel to look at. The soundex is where you take the first letter of the last name and then each consonant is assigned a number. The vowels in the name are disregarded. The names are listed alphabetically, then the first names are listed alphabetically. This is just a letter and three numbers. Any more consonants are disregarded. The code is: 1 b,f,p,v 2 c,g,j,k,q,s,x,z 3 d,t 4 l 5 m,n 6 r Thus Boswell would be B240 The 0 is added to make three numbers. Fields would be F432. Harmon would be H655. Hope this helps. Joyce Greta Rassel <gretarassel@yahoo.com> wrote: I am searching the Tazewell 1920 census. My ancestors lived in Bluefield VA (not WV) in 1920. Can someone on the list tell me what census district I might be able to find Bluefield, VA in. Bluefield is not shown on any of the district descriptions - so I have no idea what district I need to be looking at. Many thanks for any help. Greta in Lake Placid, FL researching Bausell(Boswell),Fields,Harmon, Elliott, Parsley, Ryburn, Trim __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== #5 It is YOUR responsibility to know how to SUBSCRIBE & UNSUBSCRIBE. It is done by computer. Put the word SUBSCRIBE in the body of the message with nothing else. The address is sw_va-l-request@rootsweb.com . or -d- for DIGEST mode. All this is in the Welcome statement I ask you to save. -sysop --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now