There is one way around those censuses not indexed on Heritage Quest is to look online at USGENWEB/USGENWEB Archives for the individual counties for most have indexes for those censuses online. Most of those indexes have page numbers, townships, and the spellings for the individuals listed on the census. Plus there are printed indexes at most genealogical/historical libraries covering those years as well in case your library or society doesn't subscribe to Ancestry.com. W. Troy Valos Sargeant Memorial Room - Norfolk Main Library 235 East Plume Street Norfolk, Virginia 23510 Main: (757) 664 - 7485 http://www.npl.lib.va.us/smrt/smr_home.html -----Original Message----- From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of rdlwcl.windstream.net Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 12:13 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Heritage Quest and browse-only censuses Those years are on Heritage Quest, they are just not indexed. Carol Kenney Lovitt In God We Trust ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cooper, Jean (jlc5f)" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:45 AM Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Heritage Quest and browse-only censuses >>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 << In my discussions with the Proquest staff, they have not come right out and said they will never have indexed searching for the 1830-1850 censuses, but the implication is strong. I believe it's a marketing decision. Jean L. Cooper Genealogical Resources Specialist University of Virginia Library [log in to unmask] 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 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html