Looking at other citations from Googling this, it appears to come from some version of "Virginia Census, 1607-1890" at Ancestry. The name has changed, but the data appears to be mostly the same. However, I suspect the "original" (i.e. "Continental Census") had scanned pages, or otherwise references to a book, as there are page references in the citations I found. The current version is just the "information" out of context. "Source Information: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Virginia Census, 1607-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes." Another site refers to "Colonial America, 1607-1789 VA Census, but with similar tax record information." The original source for this appears to be the Library of Virginia: "Tax Records While there are some extant colonial tithable records, the collection generally begins in 1782 and is composed of personal property and land tax lists arranged by county/city, which are stored on microfilm up to the year 1900. These include counties now in West Virginia. They are unindexed and contain the names and/or numbers of taxable persons. An in-house guide to tithable records is available. Personal property tax lists for 1787 were published in The 1787 Census of Virginia (1988), compiled by Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene S. Love." Pat Dunford -----Original Message----- From: transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Charles S. Mason, Jr. Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 1:14 PM To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Subject: [TGF] Continental Census Has anyone ever heard of a Continental Census of 1782? I have a friend that found a reference to it and some of her ancestors are suppose to be included in it in Virginia. The message referenced an index on Ancestry.com, but she could not actually find the census. Thanks for any help you can give. Chuck Mason Charles S. Mason, Jr., CG Past President of the Fairfax and Mt. Vernon Genealogical Societies. Certified Genealogist and CG are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists and used here under license. The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message