This is a letter that sent out by rootsweb and was past on to me today and I thought I would do the same, you might want to pass it on to any of the groups you belong to. Ann Rooker The following letter was forwarded to me via one of my genealogy lists. If any of you had ancestors living in the USA in 1890, you might consider submitting your information to this project. Copies will be submitted to the Library of Congress and the LDS FHL. Thanks, Patrisia, Rootsweb Sponsor As you know, 99% of the 1890 census was destroyed by fire. There is a project to publish a book listing all U.S. residents living at that time. This information will be furnished by descendants of those people. There is no charge for listing your ancestors and when permission is granted,contributors will be listed with the proper reference to their ancestor entries. Submission deadline is April 2000. The data will be published and sold at cost with copies going to the Library of Congress, Maine State Library, Maine State Historical Society and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Library. For submitting your ancestor's vital stats please use the following format: Head of Household-full name, age, date of birth, place of birth (include town-county-state), sex, race (W=white, C=colored, I=Indian, A=Asian). Spouse-full name, maiden name in ( )'s, age, date of birth, sex, race. Information source-list family Bible, family genealogy book, etc. Notes are optional. Some notes will be added, e.g., 1st or 2nd wife, children by which wife, if they died or got married in 1890 or additional surname spellings. NOTE: person who died before 1890 or was born after 1890 will be omitted from the book. Send your submission via Email to: chinaDoll2@netscape.net or mail to Angela M. Foster P.O.Box 2551 Waterville, ME 04903. Contributions are most welcome. > >