Those persons who have access to some large genealogical libraries, or perhaps a well-stocked [meaning to me, with genealogical books] State Library should look for these volumes, which are excellent people-finders for Virginians and Kentuckians who might be alive and adult in 1787. The name of the three volumes and the authors: Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florine S. Love, The 1787 Census of Virginia (three volumes) The third volume is an index to the two preceding volumes. These are personal property tax lists for nearly every household in Virginia and in Kentucky. (This is NOT a real census, but for people-finding it beats most of the transcribed 1790 censuses I have seen for other states.) This is how I use these volumes. First, I go to the third volume. I look for my surnames, including misspellings, and then I photocopy those pages of the index, which may be many pages. (And do I have common names in my Dad's lineage.) Then, I find a quiet place to work. I take a full size piece of clean notebook paper--or any 81/2 x 11 sheet, I arrange in numerical order the pages I want to photocopy, perhaps including the first page for that particular county--as these tax lists are arranged by county name. Some counties may have three or four lists--don't overlook that! Oh, yes, don't forget to photocopy the key to what those numbers mean in each column. This is the frontiespiece of at least the first volume, and I think it may be in all three volumes--but check. (Without that key, you will not know what those numbers mean.) Why arrange these page numbers given in the index in numerical order? Because when I go to the photocopy machine with a card with a LOT of credit on it, I can go through the volumes in an orderly manner and not hold up the line behind me with flip-flopping back and forth [sign of a newbie!]. If a line is forming behind you, photocopy only about ten pages and step to the back of the line. This is the proper etiquette at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and should be applicable to any other library. (Don't forget your card when you step aside.) Why should you photocopy the index pages for ALL your surnames and the misspellings? Well--you may discover as I did that my Albemarle Co. ancestor had personal property in that county--as well as in Madison Co., KY, where he later moved--with a lot of his children and sons-in-law!!! The names in the subject above are certainly less common, especially Sandidge, than are my surnames! Happy hunting, and keep a lookout for the above named books by Schreiner-Yantis and Love. Ask your librarian to help you find a library near you which has these three volumes, and give yourself plenty of time to research. Sometimes the authors have published booklets for individual counties, but if you use the booklets alone, you miss the fact that the family may be migrating!!! As I did. Admittedly, some of the county books have details which are NOT in the three hardback volumes. E.W.Wallace ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com