Hi list, Gary, it sounds like an interesting article you came across. I read that IL State census were conducted 1810, '18, '20, '25, '30, '35, '40, '45, '55 & 1865. All listed as limited in both information taken and current accessibility. "The Source" lists mortality schedules taken with federal funds, the last one participated in by IL in 1880. Only a handful of states took one in 1885 which was only partially reimbursed by feds. Most of us know about the 1890 Veterans schedules. Special agricultural, industrial, social and manufacturing schedules vary from state to state, taken mostly 1840-1910, with 1890, 1900 & 1910 being destroyed. Looks like 1880 was last one taken by IL for all, which excluded industry. Some local directories help fill in gaps left by the burned 1890 federal census. A table illustrating microfilmed directories including those close to and of Kane County shows they do not go beyond about 1860. Looks like a case by case search for those. There are some fairly comprehensive (prairie) farmer's directories, but don't recall all of the precise years involved, sans a notation in my source file of one for 1918. Perhaps county officials felt the need to conduct a roll call on the urban population in the decade before the turn of the century. If anyone on the list learns of a surviving Kane County 1893 census, I'd be top of what I'm sure is a long list of folks who'd like to see it. Thanks for sharing your curious find with us, Gary! KR .. In a message dated 03/7/15 6:01:55 AM, ILKANE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:39:48 -0400 From: Kingsk1117@aol.com Subject: [ILKANE] 1893 Kane County Census? ...<snip> I don't see an 1893 state census listed as being available in "Ancestry's Red Book" and was wondering if this might have been just a Kane county only phenomenon. I don't recall ever seeing results of the 1893 census in local libraries, but I may be getting senile (more than an even chance of that!). Are the detailed census schedules available someplace as stand-ins for the 1890 lost census? >>