Hi Scott and all, She must mean 1930 they have some states but not all and only 4 indexes so far for that year. As far as the images loading slowly I have a dial-up internet connection and they load pretty quickly for me. It must also depend on the computer itself and obviously the connection speed. Beth [log in to unmask] > The most recent posting on this subject prompts me to join the > discussion. The poster wrote, "Only a few states are represented [in > the census images]." I can't imagine what the poster has in mind. > Except for the 1930 census, Ancestry has images of all federal > population census years for all states (for 1930, they currently have > four states). The images for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, > and 1920 are fully indexed; you enter the name you're looking for, and > you get a hyperlink to the page on which that name appears. For 1860, > the images for five states are currently indexed. The images for 1870 > through 1910 are not yet indexed. > > With a dial-up Internet connection, the interface with the images can > be quite slow, just like any graphics-intensive Web page. But with a > cable modem, the images appear very quickly; I find it much faster than > using the microfilms. Except when the site itself is down or when they > have a problem with a particular image or index link (both of which > occur infrequently), everything works perfectly. > > Scott > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html