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From: Saundra Brown <>
Subject: Not much info available from 1890 census
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:30:18 -0800 (PST)


112804 lifestyle4Morning SunThe subject of the 1890 federal census may be new to those who have recently taken up researching or they may have heard that there was no census that year. Most of the written entires were destroyed by fire in 1921. There were 6,160 entries that survived, not in vary good condition but mostly readable. They were on 1,233 pages or pieces and include enumerations for Alabama, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Minnestoa, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas. Page numbers of those readable fragments are Alabama pages 1-455, District of Columbia pages 456-781, Georgia pages 782-783, Illinois pages 784-1016, Minnesota page 1017, New Jersey pages 1018-1020, New York pages 1021-1022, North Carolina pages 1023-1132, Ohio pages 1133-1137, South Dakota page 1138, Texas pages 1139-1233. In all, after processing and typing them there are 57 two-column pages. Not all of the names were completely clear and some first names !
were
missing. One of the last names starting with C had no more letters present.
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Not much info available from 1890

The subject of the 1890 federal census may be new to those who have recently taken up researching or they may have heard that there was no census that year. Most of the written entires were destroyed by fire in 1921. There were 6,160 entries that survived, not in vary good condition but mostly readable. They were on 1,233 pages or pieces and include enumerations for Alabama, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Minnestoa, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas. Page numbers of those readable fragments are Alabama pages 1-455, District of Columbia pages 456-781, Georgia pages 782-783, Illinois pages 784-1016, Minnesota page 1017, New Jersey pages 1018-1020, New York pages 1021-1022, North Carolina pages 1023-1132, Ohio pages 1133-1137, South Dakota page 1138, Texas pages 1139-1233. In all, after processing and typing them there are 57 two-column pages. Not all of the names were completely clear and some first names were missing. One of the las!
t names
starting with C had no more letters present.
Even with so little remaining researchers are glad to have what there is. Many times the information that we can find on an ancestor can be just tiny scraps like the very scimpiest in this census record. Surprising as it seems some really good family histories start with very small bits of information and then one find leads to another or some seemingly unproductive leads can take a turn off the one we started on and lead us to what we want. All these bits and pieces are not the leat bit unusual. Genealogy is a matter of searching for the unknown. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Even when the information we find is unpleasant we prefer to know than not to know. Some of information leads to unexpected finds such as children that we did not know about and residences in places that we did no know about.
It needs to be said that there will be some objectors to our research by people we do not even know. Those who are totally unacquainted with the subject may think we are intruding into other people's lives when we approach someone who might not be a relative. I comprehend their words but I am unable to understand their objections. When I was growing up I knew just a few relatives and now, by doing research I have found many more. I can only count that as a plus.


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