> > > Has anyone tried to locate farm schedules as referenced in > > > the United States census enumerations? I am particularly > > > interested in the southern states, and what genealogical > > > information they might contain. > > > > > > Glee <gleemc@earthlink.net> > > > > 1. Go to the National Archives site and locate the catalog of > > census microfilm and order from them, OR > > > > 2. Go to www.familysearch.org and do a subject search of the online > > catalog of the Family History Library and see what they have. If > > they have the film you need, and I expect they do, you can order > > through a Family History Center. To find the film, do a subject > > search on the STATE, then on CENSUS records and then look for the Ag > > Census films. (I hope I remember that search routine correctly - it > > sometimes seems a bit tricky). > > > > You won't find a lot of genealogical data, but if you want to know > > how many animals and outbuildings ... <g> > > > > "Richard A. Pence" <richardpence@pipeline.com> > > Has anyone information on possible farm schedules for the state of > NC and Mecklenburg County. > > I am especially interested in the area of Steel Creek. > > George Curry > N8tux@wideopenwest.com George - According to The Census Book, by William Dollarhide - A Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes. pub by Heritage Quest, 2000 - NARA does not hold all of the farm schedules - some of them are at State Archives, and others are at University Libraries - sometimes in a different state. However, the Agricultural Schedules for North Carolina were filmed by NARA and are also available at the NC State Archives. Dollarhide also says that Heritage Quest has all the films held by NARA. NARA Film # 1850 No Series # Rolls 1-2 1860 No Series # Rolls 3-4 1870 No Series # Rolls 6-8 1880 No Series # Rolls 9-22 The original manuscripts are located at North Carolina State Archives State Library Building 109 East Jones Street - PO Box 1881 Raleigh NC 27611 919-733-3952 Happy hunting, Lisa llepore@juno.com