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. >> >