That must be the book I was using. I'll double check next week... this library is great for genealogy. Has microfilm of almost all the census years, all states. Index books too. Unfortunately, I think I'm only going to have time for one day at the library. In a message dated 8/9/01 9:15:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, wilma@softcom.net writes: << Now I understand. 1790 federal census for Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky is missing! Which means you have to get the info from books. One source shown is Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the year 1790: Virginia. Washington DC: Bureau of the Census, 1908. >>