Thanks Kathy, That's what I have been trying to do...and it is tedious but may garner some results. Many farms were broken up to build individual homes or tracts of homes and streets were not named. I was looking for a map or coordinates of how and where the census takers began their visits in a particular area. I can see that isn't answer. Thanks to those who answered and if any others ideas pop up, please send them on. Aurelia ________________________________ From: Westview <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tue, May 17, 2011 10:06:41 AM Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] How To Determine an Actual Site from Census? If there is an existing old home in the area that is associated with a family name try to find that family in the census and sometimes it will help you narrow down the location of other families. If you cross check across the census years you can sometimes figure out how the census taker was traveling. If you can get a fix on one family in the area of your family look for them on later censuses to see if road names are finally assigned. It may or may not get you an exact location for your family but it can certainly narrow down the area. We still have a lot of historic properties here in Charlotte County and I've had good luck using this method. It's tedious but worth it (but isn't that the definition of most research?!). Kathy 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