Your comments and e-mails are favorites of mine; many thanks for sharing! Jo Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: <KarenHob@aol.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 6:00 PM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] 1890 census records > Richard Eastmans weekly newsletter states that > some of the 1890 census records survived the fire that > destroyed most of them. > > He refers to Internet searches turning up fragments of > > "....1890 in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, > North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, and the District of Columbia > survived > and are available now. " > > When we were last in Schuylkill County PA where my husband was born, > we stopped at the local historical society and discovered that there was > a county census book for 1890. > > We found all the data we needed in that book. > > We did not ask if all counties in PA took a census that year but that > is a possibility. > > Be sure to ask at ancestral county and state historical societies if there > was any census around 1890 besides the Federal one. > > Minnesota had a state census every year ending with 5. I know there > is one for 1895. > > Many US Historical Societies have people who will do lookups for others > on request. Ask about that or look for a link at any historical society > wesbite. > > Karen