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== Availability == | == Availability == | ||
Federal censuses are increasingly available online and on microfilm. | Federal censuses are increasingly available online and on microfilm. | ||
'''1810 (partial)–1930:''' The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the U.S. federal censuses for the state of Virginia. | '''1810 (partial)–1930:''' The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the U.S. federal censuses for the state of Virginia. | ||
When indexes are not available or a name is omitted, you can still look for the name in the census. In large cities it helps to first learn the person's address by searching the city directory under the census year (see the “Directories” section). Then look for that address on the original census schedules. | '''Substitutes for missing censuses:''' | ||
Most published substitutes are based on state censuses and tax lists. Each covers different counties. Most of present-day West Virginia is included in the second item, but both must be used for a complete search of West Virginia. | |||
*Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966. (FHL book 975.5 R4f 1966; film 874197 item 4.) | |||
*Heads of Families . . . Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785, Virginia. 1908. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Southern Book Company, 1952. (FHL book 975.5 X2us 1790; film 874193 item 4.) | |||
For the missing portions of the 1810 census use: | |||
*Netti Schreiner-Yantis, A Supplement to the 1810 Census of Virginia: Tax Lists of the Counties for Which the Census is Missing (Springfield, Virginia: Genealogical Books in Print, 1971; FHL book 975.5 R4s). This includes information from 19 counties that are missing from the 1810 census. | |||
<br>When indexes are not available or a name is omitted, you can still look for the name in the census. In large cities it helps to first learn the person's address by searching the city directory under the census year (see the “Directories” section). Then look for that address on the original census schedules. | |||
== Historical Background == | == Historical Background == | ||