BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT DIRECTORIES, 1890-91 Located in southwestern Connecticut, the city of Bridgeport is part of Fairfield County. This database is a transcription of city directories originally published in 1890 and 1891. In addition to providing the residents' names, it provides their addresses and occupational information. The database includes more than 44,700 names, mostly heads of household. Source Information: Ancestry.com, "Bridgeport, Connecticut Directories, 1890-91." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original Data: "Bridgeport, CT, 1890." Bridgeport, CT: Price, Lee & Co., 1890. "Bridgeport, CT, 1891." Bridgeport, CT: Price, Lee & Co., 1891 To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5123.htm This database is also included in the 1890 Census Reconstruction Project and can be searched through its main page at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/1890sub/main.htm VIRGINIA 1910 CENSUS MIRACODE INDEX This database is an index to the 1910 U.S. Federal Census for the state of Virginia. The 1910 Miracode indexes record the following information for each person: name, relationship to head of household, color or race, age at last birthday, marital status, visitation number or family number, place of birth, county, township, and enumeration district number. The information found here will lead researchers to the location of their family in the actual 1910 U.S. Federal Census schedules. The corresponding census images for this database will be posted within the next few months. The Miracode indexes for other states will follow in upcoming weeks. Miracode is a slightly modified version of the Soundex indexing format. Miracode and Soundex are indexes based on the pronunciation of a name, rather than the name's spelling. Surnames are coded and then arranged numerically by their codes. The Miracode system was used only in 1910 for the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. For more information, see the following article in the Ancestry's Library: http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/2253.asp Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. "Virginia 1910 Census Miracode Index." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original Data: Indexed from National Archives and Records Administration. "Virginia Miracode." T1278, 183 rolls. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5122.htm LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY DIRECTORY, 1886 The largest city in Kentucky at the turn of the century, Louisville was home to an estimated 160,000 residents in 1890. Originally published in 1886, this database is a directory of city residents. Each record provides the resident's name, occupation, and other helpful notes. Part of an ongoing project, this database now contains the names of about 10,000 individuals. Source Information: Cravin, Amy, ed., "1886 Louisville, Kentucky City Directory." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2000. Original Data: "Louisville City Directory, 1886." n.p., 1886. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4625.htm BIRMINGHAM POST (ENGLAND) OBITUARIES, 1999 (Update) Source Information: Bell and Howell Information and Learning Company. "Birmingham Post (England) Obituaries, 1999." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original Data: From the electronic newspaper newsfeed service of the Bell and Howell Information and Learning Company. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4430.htm