Bill,

All censuses are available on Heritage Quest, but some of them are not
searchable (they are not indexed)  They can be accessed, however, by
clicking the "browse" button at the top of the page instead of the "search"
button.  This will bring you to a screen that will allow you to select the
census year, State, County, and section of the county.  Then you can scroll
through the pages. This is not the ideal solution, but since this is free
through local libraries, we can't complain too much. <grin>

I've found the browse feature helpful when I'm unable to find someone in the
index, especially since the Heritage Quest images seem to load faster than
Ancestry (at least that has been my experience).  Also sometimes the
Heritage Quest images are clearly than Ancestry (sometimes Ancestry is
clearer).   I use both databases in order to get the best access.

Good luck with your searches!

Wanda

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Bill Davidson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> It is interesting to note the 1910 census index on Heritage Quest does not
> appear to even show anyone name "Pearman" in Chesterfield Co., VA (yet I see
> two Charles Pearmans there on the 1910 Ancestry.com index).  I guess these
> indexes are only as good as the people who created them.
>
> By the way, does anyone know if Heritage Quest has any plans to offer the
> censuses for 1830, 1840 and 1850?  Is that currently missing information
> simply a "time and money problem," or does Ancestry.com have some kind of
> copyright for those three decades?  Thanks.  Bill
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