Should that be so, I'd be delighted if someone could have a look for my James Griffiths, probably in Leadville in 1885. Lois At 7:29 AM -0400 9/8/01, huxd wrote: >The below info was found on the CO Archive site. Does anyone know if an >alphabetical index was made for Lake County for the 1885 CO Census? > > >1885 Colorado Census >The 1885 Colorado Census was a special state census done in conjunction with >the federal government. As such it is different from the other federal >censuses. For instance, the Soundex system does not apply to this census. >Also, there is a completely separate alphabetical extraction of names which >includes age, race, gender, nativity, and marital status. The alphabetical >extraction is organized by county and thereunder alphabetically by first >letter of last name. Of the 40 counties that were organized at the time, an >alphabetical extraction was done for 20. The extractions do not refer to a >sheet and a page number in the census which sometimes makes it difficult for >researchers to cross reference a name. If a researcher is looking to see if >a person lived in a certain county in 1885 or needs only basic information >about an individual, then the 1885 alphabetical extraction is useful and can >be quicker to search than the actual census.