In a message dated 02/20/00 3:33:44 PM, [email protected] writes: >Between 1850-1880 three copies of the census was made, all by hand Does anyone know if there is a place (National Archives in DC?) where one could ask to see films of, say, all three versions of the 1880 census for Saline Cy? Has anyone been able to compare two versions of any census and find differences? Ths topic could explain why some people suddenly "disappear" for a census or have inconsistent data for one census. Fred