In a message dated 7/15/98 9:07:51 PM Central Daylight Time, dddennis@concentric.net writes: << Hello all, I am starting on the census for 1880 (Chilton)on the UsGenweb Census Project. I want to encouarge others to do so as well. I hope to get all availible Chilton census info availible free on the net. If you would like to volunter you can write me at the address below. This is not really as difficult as it may seem if everyone would do a few pages it would be there for generations to come. I can provide copies of the census to volunters. -- Dwight David Dennis,1014 Ski Lodge 3,Birmingham,Al.35209 >> ===================== An 1870 Federal Census of Baker County (now Chilton) was abstracted from the National Archives Microfilm M593, roll 1. This work is Copyrighted and also registered in the Library of Congress as catalog card #85-73165. Anyone researching their Chilton County ancestry would find it a very valuable addition to their research tools. It consist of 217 pages in loose bound soft cover and has a wonderful index to take you right where you want to go to find the individual(s) and clues of the children/siblings that normally lived close by each other. So if you are searching for kin that lived in current Chilton County during the 1870 census this is great tool. If you don't want to go to the library and spend all the hours digging out the information and would like to have it on hand for future use as well you can order a copy for $27.50 postage paid from: Chilton County Historical Society Post Office Box 644 Clanton, AL 35046 and help support the work of the local group there, which have existed for many years with legitimate purposes of preserving the history and genealogy of the County for years to come as opposed to the unknown intends and purposes of some of the new groups. In case anyone is wondering, I don't travel to attend any of the group's meetings, but I do support them with by paying a $9 annual membership fee. I have no monetary interest in nor was I involved in the authoring of the book. Fact is I only recently discovered this little publicized treasure myself, 13 years after it's initial printing. Just trying to help. Bruce Glenn Calera, AL