In regards to N.J.'s original question about the 1880 census: Do at least parts of it exist on CD somewhere and in searchable format? And if so, does anyone have access to it to do a lookup for this person? > You are right. It is indexed only for families with children aged 10 years and younger. > That is the only way the 1880 census is indexed. It looks as though if you didn't have > children in that bracket, you weren't indexed. I'm sure that left a bunch of people out > of the loop. But it doesn't mean they aren't listed in the census. Yet how do you find > them? > > Have you looked for any land records or tax records on them? This could give you an idea > of where they might be. Then it might be a tedious job of looking through that county > listing for them. Ugh. > > Good Luck, > Susan Jones > Arkansas > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <VWhite0901@aol.com> > To: <INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 10:49 PM > Subject: Re: [INDIANA] 1880 Census index? > > >> In a message dated 03/25/2001 8:14:37 PM Pacific Standard Time, >> chipper1@cox-internet.com writes: >> >> << >> Yes there is an 1880 census, but it is on a soundex card index first then >> you go to the >> census. >> >> >> Thanks, but doesn't the 1880 soundex only list households with children under >> 10 or something like that??......the people I'm looking for are elderly with >> no children in their household. >> >> N.J. >> >> >> ============================== >> Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >> learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >> http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >> >> > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >