Jim, Brenda, Cathleen, and all, I have been to the FHC in Carrollton, Tx. It is located in their church at 1100 W. Jackson, Carrollton, Tx. Phone 972-242-2182. When I was there the library was just getting started up and the hours were not very long, but they seemed to have a great deal of information and were very helpful. Bobbie Jim Hunter wrote: > > Brenda and Cathleen (et al), if you are asking where in Carrollton, Texas > can you view the 1880 Census, I am not sure. I can tell you if you were > here, in American Fork, Utah, where to go. Let me recite that and we will > adjust for TX. I volunteer one day a week at the local LDS Family History > Center (Mt. Timpanogos FHC). We have the 1880 Census and Soundex there for > Utah (which also does not help me since I am the first in my family to live > in Utah). First thing we need to know which state are we looking for? Let > me assume TX. I could find the 1880 Texas Soundex and Census at the BYU > Library (which also serves as the Utah Valley Regional FHC). I also have > the option of driving 30 miles (twice the distance to BYU) and going to the > FHL (Family History Library) in Salt Lake. > I also have visited the National Archives in Washington, DC which have all > the Census' also, as do many large city and university libraries (i.e. > Denver and the University of Wyoming) > > Now let's look at the implications of being in Texas. There are more than > 119 FHC's in TX, but not one in Carrollton. So I looked map to find what > Carrollton is near, Dallas. There are four in Dallas County alone: > Dallas Texas > 1019 Big Stone Gap > Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas, United States > Phone: (972) 709-0066 > Hours: T-W 9am-9pm; Th 9am-6pm. > Closed: July-one week during temple closing. 2 weeks over Christmas & New > Years. > > Dallas Texas East > 10701 Lake Highlands Drive > Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, United States > Phone: (214) 342-2642 > Hours: T, F 9:30am-6:00pm; W-Th 9:30-9:00pm. > Closed: Closed three weeks in December. > > Lewisville Texas > 615 MacArthur Blvd > Coppell, Dallas County, Texas, United States > Phone: (972) 393-6976 > Hours: M,Sat 9am-1pm (except 1st Sat); T,W,Th9am-1pm, 6-9pm; Sun 3-6pm > > Richardson Texas > 900 South Bowser Rd > Richardson, Dallas County, Texas, United States > Phone: (972) 680-8654 > Hours: T,W 9am-9pm; Th 9am-5pm; F 9am-1pm > Closed: Thanksgiving week. 2 weeks over Christmas & New Years. > > There actually may be more, but those are the listed ones on > www.familysearch.org . > > Any one of those, on a worst case, can order the Census microfilms that you > require (if they do not have them). I would also try large local libraries, > they oft times have copies of the US and State Census'. (Call before you > go.) > > Next, you could also try the internet. There is an effort called the US > Census Project (http://www.usgenweb.org/census/ ). They don't have every > census of every place (volunteers type the information in), but they do have > lots. Generally, every county in the United States has a Genealogy Website > also (many can be accessed via http://www.usgenweb.net/thestates.html ). > Here, for example is the website for Dallas County > http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/1926/dallas.html . > > While it may be vastly easier to just through out a message on the listserv, > real research is not that hard now either. Come up with some more data. > When the research gets a little harder, when you run into a road block, that > is the time for the listserv. The chances are, when you go to dates prior > to 1850 the research will slow. That is the time to use the listserv best. > Give us dates and places prior to 1850. That is when the body of internet > family historians turn to the internet. Back that far, you also have a far > greater chance of finding relation. The 1850 US population was 23 million > (actually 23,191,896), while the population in 1880 was over 50 million > (actually 50,155,783). The further you go back, the smaller the population, > the 1790 census was 3,935,214. The implication of that is with a smaller > population, there is a greater chance of common relation, and with that > smaller base, the chances also increase that other cousins are looking for > you as hard as you are looking for them. Good luck in you search. When you > have some dates and places, go back a bit (while the data is easily > available) and then get back to us. With Hunter's in Illinois, there is a > good change you could be related to me and our large Hunter family, but you > need to go back at least 30 years to make the tie ins. Jim Hunter, American > Fork, Utah (www.4udesigns.com). > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 5:24 AM > Subject: Re: [Hunter-L] Abraham Hunter Galva IL > > > Jim, > > Where do you access the Census? > > > > Cathleen > > > > In a message dated 11/29/99 12:59:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > << Have you tried the 1880 Census? Go to > > the Soundex first if you don't know the location. Find them there and > you > > will find out were and when they were born. Go back to the 1850 Census > to > > possibly find them as children (depending on birth dates). Someone that > > recent is fairly easy to find. >> > >