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.

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 > >