The census at ancestry.com does not include early VA for the years you are looking for. Census for early VA are available online at no charge: Try these links below, or enter "Virginia Census" in google and look for more sites. It would help if you knew the county your William Long lived in. You should also try looking for lists of tax payers. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/newsearch.htm ..... enter William Long and click VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/cen_v.htm ..... some early VA census info http://www.censusfinder.com/virginia.htm ... misc. census etc. Joanne qvarizona <[email protected]> wrote: FYI Census before 1850 lists name of head of household only. Also, it's an impossible task to find a William Long (must be oodles of them) unless you can provide state, county, approx. age etc. Even then --depending on location-- with such a common name, the results may not be conclusive. Joanne sheri king wrote: needing the census info for : WILLIAM LONG, with wife, Catherine by 1780 should have at least a dau, Elizabeth also poss daus-Anna, 'Patsy' (same child) would like their inf for the censuses of 1780,1810 & 1820 if possible anyone would like to do a lookup id be very appreciative. Sheri ~~ God Knows My Purpose.~~ -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 ==== VIRGINIA Mailing List ==== To post to the Virginia list send a message to: [email protected] ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ==== VIRGINIA Mailing List ==== To post to the Virginia list send a message to: [email protected] ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.