Kristin, My comments are based solely upon examining the images at Ancestry; a person familiar with Wood Co. and families in the area can hopefully be of more help. It appears to me that, as is not unusual, Ancestry has used arbitrary methods for separating the images in this census.  The first batch labeled "New Point" is 17 images; the second, labeled "Wood" is only 2 images.  However, notice that the enumerator numbered each sheet consecutively.  If you look through all the images, he only wrote a location on three of those sheets:  #1, #15, and #16.  I believe image 1 is the "cover sheet" for Wood Co., since it is numbered 1 and the enumerator has written Wood Co. and the date at the top of the page. (Forgive my impreciseness in language; I still get my pages, sheets, and folios confused).  The hypothesis I would have is that the people enumerated at the bottom of image 15 and top of image 16 probably lived in or around New Port (not New Point; I agree with you that it is a transcription error), since that is what he wrote in the margin.  As to where those enumerated on sheets other than the bottom of 15 and top of 16 lived (other than somewhere in Wood Co.), one would need other sources of information, such as deed plats. It appears Ancestry made these images from FHL microfilm 181431, although they seem to have confused the FHL film number with other numbers in their source description. You would need to consult that film or the NARA film to see if there are any frames missing. Connie Sheets Phoenix, AZ KB Genealogical Services wrote: > I am needing a little help finding > the cover sheet? for the 1810 U.S. > Federal Census for New Point, Wood County, VA.  The > first page when viewed > on Ancestry.com only goes back to the first page, and does > not include the > name of the town on the image.  How do  I find the > page that the indexer > would have used to transcribe from? > > The town is indexed as New Point.  However, I have not > located a New Point, > Wood, VA for that time period.  I inquired with > Deedmapper, to see if they > knew of the location and they thought it may be > Newport.  Newport was the > name of Parkersburg up until a time in 1810, likely after > the census was > enumerated.  The gentleman I've located is living in > New Point, in 1810 and > then registers into the War of 1812, in Parkersburg.  I > need to test my > theory about it being the same place and indexed > incorrectly.