City directories work as a census substitute. Ancestry has many under that heading <G> bad news for many of us is they have none for Chicago but the LDS does. To see what is avaliable go to http://uscitydirectories.com/il.htm and they have lots of towns and a full run for Chicago from 1846 to 1917. Eliz On 1/27/07, RAROSE10@aol.com <RAROSE10@aol.com> wrote: > I am in need of an 1890 census but found out that because of a fire there is > no census.What can you use in its place as a substitute? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >