I have these CDs and I think they're great! I've been able to find so many "lost" families. [Many of mine liked to move between census!] The every name index is a great feature. This set is definitely well worth the money. Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Hinson" <dhinson@kellnet.com> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 12:48 PM Subject: [BOWER] 1880 National Census & Index > A review of the LDS' 1880 U.S. National Census & Index CD ROM was in the > recent issue of the Clayton Library Friends newsletter (Houston, TX > public genealogy library) and it sounds like it is worth ordering. See > www.familysearch.com for more info. It's a total of 55 cd's for $49.99, > is the entire census (all of the U.S.) and an index that is more > complete than the Soundex which listed only households with children ten > or younger. You can search by not only surname, but by first name. For > example, if the first name of one of the daughters is Mary and she has > left home and not listed in the 1880 household of her parents and you > don't know who she married, you can search by "Mary" and possibly find > which household she is now living in. You can search for neighbors of > your ancestors as well. From what the review says, the quality of the > data was impressive. They chose 10 households and compared the records > to the actual census and they were all correct. It's search engine > apparently automatically brings up various spellings of the surname as > well. > > I've ordered a copy. If anyone already has it, maybe they will let us > know what they think. > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other > enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those > settings through their servers and will only return them to you. > >