Thank you all for your responses to my posting. There were some good suggestions but it sounds like there is no "easy" answer. I wonder how long it will take Ancestry.com to do the index..... Meanwhile, I've started looking page by page reading the entire 1900 census. Who was researching Mattingly? I know someone was but can't remember who. I saw a listing for a Rebecca Mattingly b. Jan. 1860 living with 4 daughters & 2 sons and some boarders on Brightwood Ave., ED #4, Image 44 of 61. If you don't have access to Ancestry.com and you are interested in the listing, email me privately and I will send you the details. Sue Dotson Buzzybee@prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "MikenHelene" <carsonmh@volfirst.net> To: <WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] Census Records on Ancestry.com > Sue, Until they are done indexing all of the census images, the only really > easy way to go about it is to have the ED, Township etc. Indexing is > something they are in the process of doing. In the meantime you are pretty > much going about it the right way. You may want to try using MapQuest at > http://www.mapquest.com to help you with the boardering streets and avenues > etc. Unless you have access to a map for the years you are searching that > will give you the correct ED's. > > Helene > ---------- > WE HAVE OLD CITY DIRECTORIES ON CD > http://www.oldcitydirectory.com > Mike and Helene Carson > OR > Check out our auctions at Ebay at: > http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mikenhelene/ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <BUZZYBEE@prodigy.net> > To: <WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 1:31 PM > Subject: [WashingtonDC'' ] Census Records on Ancestry.com > > > > I recently signed up for a year of Ancestry.com with > > access to the census records. Now that my daughter > > has returned to college, I have some time to use it > > and I am trying to learn my way around it. I find > > that only some of the census years are indexed, and > > for the others you need to know the enumeration > > district number and then browse until you find the > > family you want. If I have an address, how do I go > > about figuring out which enumeration district it was > > in? The descriptions they have for the districts are > > confusing -- i.e. I have an address on NY Ave but > > there are descriptions for about 4 different districts > > that say "NY Ave" in them. I would hope there would > > be an easier and less time consuming way to go about > > this. Does anyone have any suggestions? > > > > Sue Dotson > > Buzzybee@prodigy.net > >